Innovative new product development: A study of selected QFD case studies

TQM Magazine

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 617-625

  Miguel, Paulo Augusto Cauchick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Innovation; Product development; Product innovation; Quality function deployment

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; DATA ACQUISITION; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SAMPLING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

PRODUCT INNOVATION; PROJECT ANALYSIS; RESEARCH LIMITATIONS;

QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT;

EID: 35348924345     PISSN: 0954478X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09544780710828458     Document Type: Article

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