Management practices of Australian manufacturing firms: Why are some firms more innovative?

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 52, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 6496-6517

  Agarwal, Renu ^a   Brown, Paul J ^a   Green, Roy ^a   Randhawa, Krithika ^a   Tan, Hao ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

better management practices; innovation diffusion theory; manufacturing; productivity and performance

Indexed keywords

MANUFACTURE; PRODUCTIVITY;

COMPETITIVE POSITION; EMPIRICAL FINDINGS; INNOVATION DIFFUSION THEORY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MANUFACTURING FIRMS; MANUFACTURING SECTOR; MULTINATIONAL FIRMS; OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE;

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84908131355     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2014.949362     Document Type: Article

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