Informal Thinkering: How Is It Important?
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Technical change; incremental change; performance measure-ment; continuous improvement; capital investment; pulp and paper; India; Canada; Changement technique; changements par incréments; mesures de performance; amélioration continue; investment capital; pâtes et papiers; Inde; Canada;All these keywords.
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