Transactive memory system in new product development teams

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 95-111

  Akgün, Ali E ^a   Byrne, John C ^b   Keskin, Halit ^a   Lynn, Gary S ^c  

^a GEBZE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective memory; Collective mind; New product development; Team learning; Transactive memory system (TMS)

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; GROUP TECHNOLOGY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY;

COLLECTIVE MEMORY; COLLECTIVE MIND; NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; TEAM LEARNING; TRANSACTIVE MEMORY SYSTEM;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 31744443413     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2005.857570     Document Type: Review

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