Antecedents and consequences of firms process innovation capability: A literature review and a conceptual framework

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 519-529

  Frishammar, Johan ^a   Kurkkio, Monika ^a   Abrahamsson, Lena ^a   Lichtenthaler, Ulrich ^b  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capabilities; literature review; manufacturing; process development; process innovation; process technologies; production technologies

Indexed keywords

CAPABILITIES; LITERATURE REVIEWS; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS INNOVATION; PROCESS TECHNOLOGIES; PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY;

COMPETITION; INDUSTRY; MANUFACTURE;

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK;

EID: 84867881001     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2012.2187660     Document Type: Review

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