A methodology to facilitate knowledge sharing in the new product development process

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1489-1504

  Bradfield, D J ^a   Gao, J X ^b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business process; Knowledge sharing; Multilingual; New product development; Ontology

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURE; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; LINGUISTICS; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

BUSINESS PROCESS; KNOWLEDGE SHARING; ONTOLOGY;

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION;

EID: 33847175920     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540600942227     Document Type: Conference Paper

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