The long tail of the auto industry life cycle

Journal of Product Innovation Management

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 8-16

  Fujimoto, Takahiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; COMMERCE; COSTS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LIFE CYCLE; SALES; TECHNOLOGY;

ARCHITECTURAL ANALYSIS; EVOLUTIONARY APPROACH; EVOLUTIONARY FRAMEWORK; FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENT; INCREMENTAL INNOVATION; PRODUCT ARCHITECTURE; PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION; TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT;

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 84890549718     PISSN: 07376782     EISSN: 15405885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpim.12076     Document Type: Article

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