Why are small R&D organizations more productive?

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1992, Pages 332-346

  Yeaple, Ronald N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

ENGINEERING RESEARCH MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION FLOW SIMULATION;

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0026955066     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/17.165415     Document Type: Article

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