Critical company assessment and advisory support for introduction of concurrent engineering practices

International Journal of Business Performance Management

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 69-87

  Ratchev, Svetan ^a   Pawar, Kulwant S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

advanced business practices; company assessment; concurrent engineering; internet; SME

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956975305     PISSN: 13684892     EISSN: 17415039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBPM.2004.030705     Document Type: Article

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