Top Managers and the Product Improvement Process

Advances in Strategic Management

Volumn 22, Issue , 2005, Pages 319-348

  Annique Un, C ^a   Cuervo Cazurra, Alvaro ^a  

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EID: 33645949408     PISSN: 07423322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-3322(05)22011-9     Document Type: Review

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