The optimal pace of product updates

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 621-633

  Druehl, Cheryl T ^a   Schmidt, Glen M ^b   Souza, Gilvan C ^c  

^a STONEHILL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Clockspeed; Diffusion; New product introduction; OR in research and development; Time pacing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; DIFFUSION; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING;

CLOCKSPEED; DEVELOPMENT COSTS; NEW PRODUCT INTRODUCTION; OR IN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TIME-PACING;

PLANNING;

EID: 51249094918     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2007.09.043     Document Type: Article

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