An empirical study on the correlation between the knowledge management method and new product development strategy on product performance in Taiwan's industries

Technovation

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 637-644

  Liu, Pang Lo ^a,b   Chen, Wen Chin ^a   Tsai, Chih Hung ^b  

^a CHUNG HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TA HWA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Knowledge management (KM); New product development (NPD) strategy; New product development performance

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT (KM); NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT (NPD) STRATEGY; NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PERFORMANCE;

KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING;

EID: 11344254681     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2003.11.001     Document Type: Article

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