Are really new product development projects harder to shut down?

Journal of Product Innovation Management

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 111-123

  Schmidt, Jeffrey B ^a   Calantone, Roger J ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT (NPD) PROJECTS;

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

EID: 0032026419     PISSN: 07376782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0737-6782(97)00074-X     Document Type: Article

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