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At present time in a world of change our understanding are constantly challenged with new knowledge that radically makes demand on prevailing theories and concept the scientific world for long have believed was unchangeable.
This article makes a back flash on innovation performance with some suggestion on how International Manufacturing Joint Ventures can enhance their learning capacity.
Manufacturing in a global world is a complicated management challenge because the supply chain is located in different national settings. Networkning and knowledge absorption is a key to get international competitiveness.
This paper claims a framework for building absorption capacity in international manufacturing firms.
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Taps, S.B., Brunø, T.D., Nielsen, K., Joergensen, K.A. (2014). Slack Resource as Evolutionary Determinant of International Manufacturing Joint Venture’s Growth Performance. In: Grabot, B., Vallespir, B., Gomes, S., Bouras, A., Kiritsis, D. (eds) Advances in Production Management Systems. Innovative and Knowledge-Based Production Management in a Global-Local World. APMS 2014. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 440. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44733-8_38
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