A mechanism for external competence transfer to improve manufacturing system capabilities and market performance

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 68-78

  Liao, Ying ^a   Liao, Kun ^b   Tu, Qiang ^c   Vonderembse, Mark ^d  

^a MEREDITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Communicative competence; Competence transfer; Knowledge base; Manufacturing system capability

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE; COMPETENCE TRANSFER; KNOWLEDGE BASE; MANUFACTURING COMPANIES; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; MANUFACTURING SYSTEM; MANUFACTURING SYSTEM CAPABILITY; MARKET PERFORMANCE; PROCESS AUTOMATION; PROCESS INTEGRATION;

COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

MANUFACTURE;

EID: 79955462901     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2011.03.007     Document Type: Article

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