Information technology, organizational structure, and new product development - The mediating effect of cross-functional team interaction

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 687-698

  Chen, Chung Jen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Information technology; Information technology (IT); New product development (NPD); Organizational aspects; Organizational structure; Product development; Team interaction; Team working

Indexed keywords

INVESTMENTS; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TEAM INTERACTION; ORGANIZATIONAL ASPECTS; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE; TEAM INTERACTION;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 36248992361     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2007.906831     Document Type: Article

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