Platform management: Implication for new product development and supply chain management

European Business Review

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 214-230

  Mikkola, Juliana H ^a   Skjøtt Larsen, Tage ^a  

^a Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Buyer seller relationships; Denmark; Hearing aids; New products; Product development; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646370780     PISSN: 0955534X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09555340610663737     Document Type: Article

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