How teamwork matters more as team member dispersion increases

Journal of Product Innovation Management

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 156-165

  Hoegl, Martin ^a   Ernst, Holger ^a,b,c   Proserpio, Luigi ^d,e  

^a WHU OTTO BEISHEIM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

^b Department of Technology and Innovation Management ^*

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^e Laboratory for Learning Technologies

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL PROXIMITY; INNOVATIVE PROJECTS; KNOWLEDGE POTENTIALS;

KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; MANAGERS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 33847076129     PISSN: 07376782     EISSN: 15405885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5885.2007.00240.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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