Aspects of consideration in product development research

Journal of Engineering Design

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 195-207

  Björk, Evastina ^a   Ottosson, Stig ^b  

^a HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Action research; Insider action research; Product development; Research methods; Usability

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947380187     PISSN: 09544828     EISSN: 14661837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09544820600675966     Document Type: Article

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