Operational effectiveness and strategic flexibility: Scales for performance assessment of new product development systems

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 44, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 354-372

  De Weerd Nederhof, Petra C ^a   Visscher, Klaasjan ^a   Altena, Jelmer ^a,b   Fisscher, Olaf A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b Fortis   (Belgium)

Author keywords

New product development; Operational effectiveness; Performance assessment; Strategic flexibility

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES; MANUFACTURING EFFICIENCY; NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS; PROCESS EFFECTIVENESS; STRATEGIC FLEXIBILITY;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 55349125354     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2008.021044     Document Type: Article

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