A competitive product development strategy using modular architecture for product and service systems

International Journal of Business and Systems Research

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 375-394

  Shikata, Noriyuki ^a   Gemba, Kiminori ^b   Uenishi, Keisuke ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Healthcare; Innovation; Product architecture; Product service system; PSS; Rental system

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901070129     PISSN: 1751200X     EISSN: 17512018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBSR.2013.056704     Document Type: Article

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