Managing globally dispersed R & D teams

International Journal of Information Technology and Management

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 107-126

  Thamhain, Hans J ^a,b  

^a BENTLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Management ^*

Author keywords

Project management; R D; Team leadership; Teamwork; Technology

Indexed keywords

GROUPWARE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

COLLABORATIVE TECHNOLOGIES; DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; HIGH-TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES; MANAGERIAL EFFECTIVENESS; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TEAM LEADERSHIP; TEAMWORK;

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 58049218659     PISSN: 14614111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJITM.2009.022273     Document Type: Article

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