Fostering innovation and knowledge transfer in product development through information technology

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 22, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 126-148

  Corso, Mariano ^a,c,d   Paolucci, Emilio ^a,b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c Department of Management Engineering ^*  (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Information and communication technology; Knowledge management; Organizational capabilities; Organizational design; Product development

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER NETWORKS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PERSONNEL; PRODUCT DESIGN;

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; PRODUCT DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0034999830     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijtm.2001.002958     Document Type: Article

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