Organisation design strategies for mass customisation: An information-processing-view perspective

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 50, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 3860-3877

  Trentin, Alessio ^a   Forza, Cipriano ^a   Perin, Elisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

mass customisation; organisation design; organisational information processing theory; survey research

Indexed keywords

ANECDOTAL EVIDENCES; MANUFACTURING PLANT; MASS CUSTOMISATION; ORGANISATION DESIGN; ORGANISATIONAL INFORMATION- PROCESSING THEORY; SURVEY RESEARCH;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH;

DESIGN;

EID: 84864771860     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2011.597790     Document Type: Article

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