The impact of virtual simulation tools on problem-solving and new product development organization

Research Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1305-1321

  Becker, Markus C ^a   Salvatore, Pasquale ^b   Zirpoli, Francesco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LOUIS PASTEUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Automotive industry; Experimentation; New product development; Problem solving; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; PERFORMANCE; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EXPERIMENTATION; NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; VIRTUAL SIMULATION TOOLS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 27744548926     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2005.03.016     Document Type: Article

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