Exploring the interaction between R&D and production in their globalization

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 782-816

  Cheng, Yang ^a,b   Johansen, John ^a   Hu, Haibo ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b JIANGXI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

Case studies; Global production; Global R D; Globalization; Interaction; Research and development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928667840     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: 17586593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJOPM-01-2013-0009     Document Type: Article

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