Managing the new product development process: Strategic imperatives

Academy of Management Executive

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 67-81

  Schilling, Melissa A ^a   Hill, Charles W L ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 0001859667     PISSN: 10795545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/ame.1998.1109051     Document Type: Article

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