Managing knowledge for new product performance in the high technology industry

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 41, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 96-108

  Mingjie, Rui ^a,b,f   Jie, Yang ^c   Hutchinson, Joe ^d   Jinjun, Wang ^e,g  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JIANGXI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^c KEAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^e Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^f FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Knowledge innovation; Knowledge integration; Knowledge management; New product performance

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA; KNOWLEDGE INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATION;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 37849007909     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2008.015986     Document Type: Article

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