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Technical Audit

How to assess the technological standard of a company

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Manufacturing Strategy

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Abstract

Many top managers and entrepreneurs underestimate the role of technology as a competitive weapon. The sentence that “manufacturing does not matter anymore” is often heard on the management level. This philosophy can endanger the firms competitiveness to a large extent. For this attidude is equivalent to renouncing at strategic thinking and strategic planning.

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  • Detter, Helmut und Hans H. Hinterhuber: Anleitung zur technischen Wettbewerbspositionierung. In: “IO Management Zeitschrift” 58 (1989), N.3, 54–58

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  1. Technical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    Helmut Detter (professor and Head of the Department of Mechatronics, managing director of ÖCAD)

  2. University of Innsbruck, Austria

    Hans H. Hinterhuber (professor and Head of the Department of Management, professor of Business Policy)

  3. Catholic University of Milan, Italy

    Hans H. Hinterhuber (professor and Head of the Department of Management, professor of Business Policy)

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  1. Helmut Detter
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  1. School of Business Administration, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

    John E. Ettlie , Michael C. Burstein  & Avi Fiegenbaum ,  & 

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Detter, H., Hinterhuber, H.H. (1990). Technical Audit. In: Ettlie, J.E., Burstein, M.C., Fiegenbaum, A. (eds) Manufacturing Strategy. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2189-4_15

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