Innovation in project-based firms: The context dependency of success factors

Research Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 545-561

  Blindenbach Driessen, Floortje ^a   van den Ende, Jan ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Innovation management; New service development projects; Project based firms

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

INNOVATION MANAGEMENT; NEW SERVICE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS; PROJECT-BASED FIRMS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33646146410     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2006.02.005     Document Type: Article

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