Learning barriers in continuous product innovation

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 857-870

  Gieskes, José F B ^a   Hyland, Paul W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Continuous product innovation; Learning; Learning barriers

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MANAGERS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CONTINUOUS PRODUCT INNOVATION; DATA COLLECTION;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0242306050     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2003.003394     Document Type: Article

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