The role of heavyweight product manager in new product development

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 130-154

  Rauniar, Rupak ^a   Doll, William ^b   Rawski, Greg ^c   Hong, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Automotive industry; Managers; New products; Product specification; Project management; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 38549088854     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443570810846874     Document Type: Article

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