Design inertia: Designing for life-cycle flexibility in internet-based services

Journal of Product Innovation Management

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 223-237

  Verganti, Roberto ^a   Buganza, Tommaso ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DECISION MAKING; INTERNET; LIFE CYCLE; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

INNOVATIONS; LIFE-CYCLE FLEXIBILITY; SERVICE INDUSTRY; SERVICE PACKAGE;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 17644395259     PISSN: 07376782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0737-6782.2005.00119.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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