Selecting R&D projects at BMW: A case study of adopting mathematical programming models

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 70-80

  Loch, Christoph H ^a   Pich, Michael T ^b   Terwiesch, Christian ^c   Urbschat, Michael ^a  

^a INSEAD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c BMW AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Analytical models; Automotive industry; Gatekeeper; Mathematical programming; Predevelopment; Process of OR; Project selection; R D; Tacit knowledge; Technology transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035246091     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/17.913167     Document Type: Article

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