The paper considers the implementation of a virtual manufacturing system as an alternative to outward technology … licensing in a high technology industrial sector. Brief theoretical definition and description of the two strategy options is … that has developed a virtual manufacturing system in addition to its pre‐existing outward technology licensing business …

experience of automation and used the first robot to gain experience of this new technology. The training and integration of … staff in the project, the firm′s technology level and support from top management were found to be the factors which have …

Service industries, contrary to popular opinion, can have a high level of investment in automation and technology, but … most attention focuses on back office technology. Investigates the use of automation in the customer contact environment in … order to examine the role of technology in front office design. Concludes that the use of technology by the customer remains …

and, second, can tools be developed for use in manufacturing, in particular those to do with technology management … development of an overall technology management framework and detailed frameworks and tools for process technology and innovation …

For corporations competing in a global marketplace, time‐based management of their technology is becoming a significant … resource. However, the concept of time in management of technology‐driven industrial organizations is not new. Classical …