Innovative scanning experiences from an idea generation project at Volvo Cars

Technovation

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 775-783

  Börjesson, Sofia ^a   Dahlsten, Fredrik ^a   Williander, Mats ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Concept generation; Environmental scanning; Front end; Product development

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CONCEPT GENERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING; FRONT END; VOLVO (CO);

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33646049388     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2005.01.005     Document Type: Article

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