Restructuring for agility at Volvo Car Technical Service (VCTS)

European Journal of Innovation Management

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 64-72

  Ebrahimpur, Golaleh ^a   Jacob, Merle ^b  

^a VOLVO CAR CORPORATION   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agile production; Corporate culture; Information technology; Knowledge; Organizational change; Organizational structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993025093     PISSN: 14601060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14601060110390558     Document Type: Article

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