An empirical model of the organization knowledge system in new product development firms

Journal of Engineering and Technology Management - JET-M

Volumn 20, Issue 1-2 SPEC., 2003, Pages 7-38

  Mohrman, Susan Albers ^a   Finegold, David ^b   Mohrman Jr , Allan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KECK GRADUATE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Knowledge management; New product development

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCTIVITY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0037409468     PISSN: 09234748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-4748(03)00003-1     Document Type: Article

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