Exploring new product portfolio management decisions: The role of managers' dispositional traits

Industrial Marketing Management

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 127-143

  McNally, Regina C ^a   Durmusoglu, Serdar S ^b   Calantone, Roger J ^a   Harmancioglu, Nukhet ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^c BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ambiguity tolerance; Analytic cognitive style; Case studies; Leadership style; Managers' dispositions; New product portfolio management

Indexed keywords

EID: 58049217440     PISSN: 00198501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2007.09.006     Document Type: Article

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