A survey of success factors in new product development in the medical devices industry

IEMC-Europe 2008 - 2008 IEEE International Engineering Management Conference, Europe: Managing Engineering, Technology and Innovation for Growth

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Brown, Alan ^a   Dixon, Dorian ^a   Eatock, Julie ^b   Meenan, Brian J ^a   Young, Terry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Medical devices; Product development; Research and development management; Technological innovation

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES; END USERS; FINANCIAL ANALYSES; FINANCIAL METRICS; INTERNATIONAL ENGINEERING; IRELAND; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPANIES; MEDICAL DEVICES; NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; NPD PROJECTS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES; SUCCESS FACTORS; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SURVEYS; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

INNOVATION;

EID: 53149127691     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMCE.2008.4617987     Document Type: Conference Paper

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