The influence of local search and performance heuristics on new design introduction in a new product market

Research Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 7-8, 1998, Pages 753-771

  Martin, Xavier ^a   Mitchell, Will ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Performance heuristics; Period of ferment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000533756     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-7333(97)00037-1     Document Type: Article

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