Is more always better? An exploration of the differential effects of functional integration on performance in new product development

Technovation

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 185-191

  Gomes, Jorge F S ^a,d   De Weerd Nederhof, Petra C ^a   Pearson, Alan W ^b   Cunha, Miguel Pina ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c NOVA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS   (Portugal)

^d INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Contingent approach; Innovation; Integration; New product development; Project performance

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ECONOMICS; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

FUNCTIONAL INTEGRATION;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0037369037     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4972(01)00107-9     Document Type: Article

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