Product and process modularity's effects on manufacturing agility and firm growth performance

Journal of Product Innovation Management

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 123-137

  Jacobs, Mark ^a   Droge, Cornelia ^b   Vickery, Shawnee K ^c   Calantone, Roger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRIVE SYSTEMS; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; FIRM GROWTH; FITTING MODEL; MANUFACTURING STRATEGY; MODULAR SYSTEM; NEW PRODUCT; NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PREDICTED GROWTH; PRODUCT MODULARITY; SET-UP TIME; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

COST REDUCTION; INDUSTRY; MANUFACTURE; PROCESS DESIGN; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PROFITABILITY;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 78650357848     PISSN: 07376782     EISSN: 15405885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5885.2010.00785.x     Document Type: Article

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