The evolution of flex-fuel technology in Brazil: The bosch case

PICMET '10 - Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology, Proceedings - Technology Management for Global Economic Growth

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1250-1260

  Yu, Abraham Sin Oih ^a   De Souza Nascimento, Paulo Tromboni ^a   Nigro, Francisco Emilio Baccaro ^a   Frederick, Bjorn Werner Biben ^a   Junior, Angelo Varandas ^a   Vieira, Saulo Fabiano Amâncio ^b   Rocha, Rodrigo Luis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY; DOMINANT DESIGN; FLEX-FUEL; FUEL IDENTIFICATION; MARKET SHARE; MOTOR CONTROL; SOFTWARE SENSOR;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPETITION; ECONOMICS; ETHANOL; FUEL INJECTION; FUELS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; SENSORS;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 78549278448     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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