Success, failure and organisational competence: A case study of the new product development process

Journal of Engineering and Technology Management - JET-M

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 185-206

  Lewis, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case study; Competitive advantage; Failure; New product development; Organisational competence; Success

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT (NPD);

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0035370522     PISSN: 09234748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-4748(01)00030-3     Document Type: Article

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