Technology management in complex product systems (CoPS) - ten questions answered

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 618-638

  Hobday, Mike ^a,c,d,e   Rush, Howard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^c SPRU   (United Kingdom)

^d CoPS Innovation Centre ^*  (United Kingdom)

^e TEXAS INSTRUMENTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLIC POLICY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

COMPLEX PRODUCT SYSTEMS; INNOVATION MANAGEMENT; LEARNING FROM PROJECT TO PROJECT; TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT;

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032640396     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: None    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.1999.002739     Document Type: Article

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