Cost management and cross-functional communication through product architectures

R and D Management

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-64

  Zwerink, Ruud ^a   Wouters, Marc ^b   Hissel, Paul ^c   Kerssens van Drongelen, Inge ^d  

^a Controller Aptura Light Sources ^*  (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^d Electrolux Core Technology and Innovation   (Sweden)

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EID: 33846200421     PISSN: 00336807     EISSN: 14679310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9310.2007.00458.x     Document Type: Article

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