Governing inter-organisational R&D supplier collaborations: A study at Jaguar Land Rover

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 24, Issue 8-9, 2013, Pages 818-836

  Clegg, Ben ^a   Chandler, Simon ^b   Binder, Mario ^c   Edwards, John ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b JAGUAR LAND ROVER   (United Kingdom)

^c DEUTZ AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

automotive; collaboration; enterprise governance; research and development; supplier management; technology projects

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE; COLLABORATION; ENTERPRISE GOVERNANCE; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SUPPLIER MANAGEMENT; TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS;

INDUSTRY; RESEARCH;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84883507714     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537287.2012.666873     Document Type: Article

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