Creating and commercializing innovation inside a skunk works

Research Technology Management

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 38-41

  Single, Arthur W ^a,b,c   Spurgeon, William M ^d,e,f,g  

^a Automot Components Div Ford M   (United States)

^b Interior Skunk Works ^*

^c BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Toltec Co   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MODERNIZATION; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TECHNOLOGY;

CUSTOMER SERVICE; INNOVATION PROCESS; PRODUCT QUALITY; SKUNK WORKS; TEAM MEMBERS;

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE;

EID: 0029756313     PISSN: 08956308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08956308.1996.11671035     Document Type: Review

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