Firm performance and the strategic fit of manufacturing technology

Competitiveness Review

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 14-32

  Congden, Steven W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD   (United States)

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EID: 57849094222     PISSN: 10595422     EISSN: 20513143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/cr.2005.15.1.14     Document Type: Article

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