Product development in SMEs: A literature review

International Journal of Technology Intelligence and Planning

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 299-325

  Hörte, Sven Åke ^a   Barth, Henrik ^a   Chibba, Aron ^a   Florén, Henrik ^a   Frishammar, Johan ^b   Halila, Fawzi ^a   Rundquist, Jonas ^a   Tell, Joakim ^a  

^a HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Development; Literature review; Product; Small and medium sized firms; SMEs

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

DEVELOPMENT; LITERATURE REVIEWS; PRODUCT; SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED FIRMS; SMES;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 50849111399     PISSN: 17402832     EISSN: 17402840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTIP.2008.020099     Document Type: Review

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