Why do some UK SMEs still find the implementation of a new product development process problematical?: An exploratory investigation

Management Decision

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 235-251

  Owens, Jonathan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

New products; Product design; Product development; Small to medium sized enterprises; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247130406     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740710727269     Document Type: Article

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