Managing the P/SDI process: Best-in-class principles and leading practices

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 245-268

  Noori, Hamid ^a,c   Munro, Hugh ^a,c   Deszca, Gene ^a,c   Cohen, Marcel ^b  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; New product and service development

Indexed keywords

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; STANDARDIZATION; TECHNOLOGY;

BENCHMARKING; BEST IN CLASS PRINCIPLES; PRODUCT/SERVICE DEVELOPMENT AND INTRODUCTION (P/SDI) PROCESS;

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

EID: 0030683482     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijtm.1997.001665     Document Type: Article

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