Corporate Strategy and Systems Integration Capabilities

The Business of Systems Integration

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Prencipe, Andrea ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aircraft engines; Co ordination and division of labour; Competitive advantage; Firm capabilities; Modularity; Outsourcing; Systems integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919631752     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/0199263221.003.0007     Document Type: Chapter

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