Competing by design, specialization and customization: Manufacturing locks in the West Midlands (Uk)

Geografiska Annaler, Series B: Human Geography

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 173-186

  Bryson, John R ^a   Taylor, Michael ^a   Cooper, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competitiveness; Customization; Design; High value added manufacturing; Inimitability strategies; Locks

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; CORPORATE STRATEGY; DESIGN; INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION; MANUFACTURING; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PROFITABILITY; SPECIALIZATION;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WEST MIDLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 44949201685     PISSN: 04353684     EISSN: 14680467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0467.2008.00285.x     Document Type: Article

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