Technological acquisition processes in product development of large companies

International Journal of Product Development

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 191-213

  Ferretti, Marco ^a   Romano, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cooperative network; Make or buy; New product development; Product innovation; Research and Development (R D)

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747367203     PISSN: 14779056     EISSN: 17418178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJPD.2006.009366     Document Type: Article

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