If at first you don't succeed: Globalized production and organizational learning at the Hyundai Motor Company

Asia Pacific Business Review

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 163-180

  Wright, Christopher ^a   Suh, Chung Sok ^b   Leggett, Christopher ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Globalized production; Korea; Organizational learning; Resilience

Indexed keywords

LEARNING; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; RESILIENCE; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA;

EID: 70449418087     PISSN: 13602381     EISSN: 1743792X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13602380701698418     Document Type: Article

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