Organizing innovation: Complementarities between cross-functional teams

Technovation

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 192-203

  Love, James H ^a   Roper, Stephen ^b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complementarities; Cross functional teams; Germany; Innovation; UK

Indexed keywords

MARKETING; PLANNING; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCTION; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

COMPLEMENTARITIES; CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TEAMS; GERMAN MANUFACTURING; GERMANY; INNOVATION PROCESS; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; MARKETING STRATEGIES; OPTIMAL COMBINATIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL BARRIERS; PRODUCT DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; SUPERMODULARITY; UK;

INNOVATION;

EID: 60249101617     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2008.07.008     Document Type: Article

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