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Use of new technology has not always been a success. In fact, rather many heavy capital investments have not provided the expected increase in productivity, and the announced profitability has not always been reached. Osterman (1991) showed that more advanced technology did not mean an increase in productivity, however human resource management was considered to be very important.
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- Human Resource Management
- Advance Manufacture Technology
- Business Objective
- Strategic Investment
- Computer Integrate Manufacture
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Persson, I. (1995). Benchmarking the Investment Process of New Technology. In: Rolstadås, A. (eds) Benchmarking — Theory and Practice. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-34847-6_7
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