The influence of new product development competitive capabilities on project performance

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 241-256

  Jayaram, Jayanth ^a   Narasimhan, Ram ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive capabilities; New product development; Operations strategy

Indexed keywords

COSTS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

NEW PEODUCT DEVELOPMENT (NPD); OPERATIONS STRATEGY; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT COMPETITIVE CAPABILITIES; PROJECT PERFORMANCE;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 34247577991     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2007.893992     Document Type: Article

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