Can a good organizational climate compensate for a lack of top management commitment to new product development?

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 118-131

  Rodríguez, Nuria García ^a   Pérez, Ma José Sanzo ^a   Gutiérrez, Juan A Trespalacios ^a  

^a Administracion de Empresas y Contabilidad   (Spain)

Author keywords

Communication; Cooperation; Internal commitment; New product performance; Top management commitment; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 37549002046     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2007.06.011     Document Type: Article

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