The effects of R&D team co-location on communication patterns among R&D, marketing, and manufacturing

Management Science

Volumn 44, Issue 11 PART 2, 1998, Pages

  Van Den Bulte, Christophe ^a   Moenaert, Rudy K ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Co location; New Product Development; R D Marketing Interface; Social Networks

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; DATA REDUCTION; ENGINEERS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MARKETING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SALES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

SOCIAL NETWORKS;

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0032209112     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.44.11.s1     Document Type: Article

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