Towards a Dynamics of Modularity

The Business of Systems Integration

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Chesbrough, Henry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamics of modularity; Hard disk drive industry; Modularity trap; Systems integration; Technological and organisational relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919621192     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/0199263221.003.0010     Document Type: Chapter

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