Effectuation in manufacturing: How entrepreneurial decision-making techniques can be used to deal with uncertainty in manufacturing

Procedia CIRP

Volumn 17, Issue , 2014, Pages 611-616

  Brettel, Malte ^a   Bendig, David ^a   Keller, Michael ^a   Friederichsen, Niklas ^a   Rosenberg, Marius ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Case Studies; Decision making behavior; Effectuation; Entrepreneurship; Production Planning

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; DECISION MAKING; MANAGERS; PLANNING; PRODUCTION CONTROL; PRODUCTIVITY;

CASE-STUDIES; DECISION-MAKING BEHAVIORS; EFFECTUATION; ENTREPRENEURSHIP; PRODUCTION PLANNING;

MANUFACTURE;

EID: 84904472063     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22128271     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procir.2014.03.119     Document Type: Conference Paper

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