Design complexity, vertical disintegration and knowledge organization in the semiconductor industry

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 239-267

  Dibiaggio, Ludovic ^a  

^a SKEMA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INNOVATION; OUTSOURCING; SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY;

EID: 34447557711     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtm006     Document Type: Article

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