The application of new product development tools in industry: The case of Singapore

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 543-554

  Chai, Kah Hin ^a   Xin, Yan ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Industry application; New product development (NPD); Tools and techniques

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

INDUSTRIAL FIRMS; NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT (NPD); PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT TOOLS; SYSTEMATIC APPLICATION;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 33750590269     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2006.883708     Document Type: Article

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