| 1 | GLOBAL MANUFACTURING VIRTUAL NETWORK (GMVN): A REVISITING OF THE CONCEPT AFTER THREE YEARS FIELDWORK显示文摘The idea of the global manufacturing virtual network (GMVN) was introduced in 2000 in order to highlight an emerging as well as an alternative manufacturing system which will have strong impacts on industry and implications to management theory. During the last three years, more than thirty companies - based in the electronics, bio-pharmaceuticals, garment, and home electronics appliance industries - have been studied in the UK and China. The research project addresses the emergence of the collaborative manufacturing phenomenon at three levels - sector, system and enabling technology. This paper summarises preliminary research findings from fieldwork conducted over the last three years. It seeks to clarify the characteristics and functionality of GMVN through the case studies and to contrast it to other types of business model, such as the multinational corporations (MNC) and international strategic alliances (ISAs). It also raises some new research questions and themes for further research into GMVN. | Don FLEET Mike GREGORY | 2003 | Systems Science and Systems Engineering2003，12，4： | 2 |
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