Small firm-large firm experiences in managing NPD projects

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 425-440

  Ledwith, Ann ^a   Richardson, Ita ^a   Sheahan, Ann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b ManOPT Systems Ltd   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Electronic engineering; Ireland; Large enterprises; Product development; Small enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747592156     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14626000610680280     Document Type: Article

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