Knowledge creation in new product development projects

Journal of Management

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 210-236

  Schulze, Anja ^a   Hoegl, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b WHU OTTO BEISHEIM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Knowledge creation; New product development

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644794999     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206305280102     Document Type: Article

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