Managing uncertainty and ambiguity in frontier R&D projects: A Korean case study

Journal of Engineering and Technology Management - JET-M

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 231-250

  Song, Yong Il ^a   Lee, Dae Hee ^a   Lee, Yong Gil ^a   Chung, Yun Chul ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fuzzy front end; Knowledge management; R D planning; Technology management

Indexed keywords

CASE BASED REASONING; DATA HANDLING; FUZZY LOGIC; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

PLANNING CONDITIONS; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT;

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34547447140     PISSN: 09234748     EISSN: 18791719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jengtecman.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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