Equipment supplier/user collaboration in the process industries: In search of enhanced operating performance

Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 698-720

  Lager, Thomas ^a   Frishammar, Johan ^b  

^a GRENOBLE ECOLE DE MANAGEMENT   (France)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Manufacturing industries; Operations management; Processmanagement; Supplier relations

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS; COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIPS; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; DRIVING FORCES; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS; INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS; INNOVATION MANAGEMENT; LONG LASTING; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES; MATRIX; OPERATING PERFORMANCE; OPERATIONAL STAGES; OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; PRACTICAL GUIDANCE; PROCESS INDUSTRIES; SUCCESS FACTORS; SUPPLIER RELATIONS; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK;

INDUSTRY; LIFE CYCLE; RESEARCH; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

INNOVATION;

EID: 77954965032     PISSN: 1741038X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410381011064003     Document Type: Article

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