Commercial innovations from consulting engineering firms: An empirical exploration of a novel source of new product ideas

Journal of Product Innovation Management

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 300-313

  Alam, Ian ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSULTING ENGINEERING FIRMS (CEF); DATA COLLECTION; NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT (NPD) PROGRAMS; PRODUCT MANAGERS;

CONSUMER PRODUCTS; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MANAGERS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 2342622201     PISSN: 07376782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1540-5885.00027     Document Type: Article

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