Collaborating for customisation: an extended resource-based view of the firm

International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management

Volumn 1, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 8-25

  Squire, Brian ^a   Cousins, Paul D ^a   Brown, Steve ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

collaboration; empirical research; flexibility; mass customisation; modularisation; resource based view; responsiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548250669     PISSN: 17466474     EISSN: 17466482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijpqm.2006.008370     Document Type: Article

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