Factors that influence technical communication in distributed product development: An empirical study in the telecommunications industry

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 45-58

  Sosa, Manuel E ^b   Eppinger, Steven D ^a,c   Pich, Michael ^d   McKendrick, David G ^e   Stout, Suzanne K ^f  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b INSEAD   (France)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d INSEAD   (Singapore)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f CISCO SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic based communication; Geographically distributed product development; Media use; Organizational bonds; Team interdependence; Technical communication

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; ELECTRONIC BASED COMMUNICATION MEDIA; GEOGRAPHIC DISPERSION; ORGANIZATIONAL BONDS; TEAM INTERDEPENDENCE; TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0036476242     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/17.985747     Document Type: Article

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