Innovation and enterprise growth

Research Technology Management

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 34-44

  Meyer, Marc H ^a   Anzani, Mark ^b   Walsh, George ^b,c  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IBM   (United States)

^c Advanced Ebusiness Council

Author keywords

Organizational renewal; Product architecture; Product platforms; R D strategy

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPEN SYSTEMS;

ORGANIZATIONAL RENEWAL; PRODUCT ARCHITECTURE; PRODUCT PLATFORMS; R&D STRATEGY;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 33646415932     PISSN: 08956308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08956308.2005.11657323     Document Type: Review

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15. The authors thank Prof. John Friar of Northeastern University for helping to develop this framework.