Modularität in der verteilten entwicklung komplexer Systeme: Chancen, Grenzen, Implikationen

Journal fur Betriebswirtschaft

Volumn 57, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 221-246

  Picot, Arnold ^a   Baumann, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complexity; Coordination; Division of labor; Modularity; Specialization; Systems design and development

Indexed keywords

EID: 37049004578     PISSN: 03449327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11301-007-0029-8     Document Type: Article

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