Sustaining local manufacturing: a longitudinal study of Swedish companies
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2011
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Winroth, M.
Abid, M.
Almgren, B.
Bennett, D.
Nunes, B.
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Sral, M.
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Operations strategy and performance, 2011 / Sral, M. (ed./s), pp.1-8
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European Operations Management Association Conference (3 Jul 2011 : UK)
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This paper reports an investigation of local sustainable production in Sweden aimed at exploring the factors contributing to survival and competitiveness of manufacturing.Eight companies were studied on two occasions 30 years apart; in 1980 and 2010. To provide a valid longitudinal, perspective a common format for data collection was used.As a framework for data collection and analysis the DRAMA methodology was employed (Bennett and Forrester, 1990). There are a number of results reported in detail concerning long term competitiveness and sustainability of manufacturing companies
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Copyright 2011 University of Cambridge