NPD planning activities and innovation performance: The mediating role of process management and the moderating effect of product innovativeness

Journal of Product Innovation Management

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 285-302

  Salomo, Sören ^a   Weise, Joachim ^b   Gemünden, Hans Georg ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP   (United States)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS PLANNING; MEASUREMENT MODELS; PROCESS MANAGEMENT; PROJECT PLANNING;

PROCESS MONITORING; PROCESS PLANNING; PRODUCT DESIGN; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 34250631309     PISSN: 07376782     EISSN: 15405885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5885.2007.00252.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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