Managing radical product development in large manufacturing firms: A longitudinal study

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 631-644

  McDermott, Christopher M ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional integration; Large manufacturing firms; Radical products

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000381612     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0272-6963(99)00018-2     Document Type: Article

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