Improving the quality of corporate technical planning: Dynamic analogues of QFD

R and D Management

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 269-279

  McLaughlin, Curtis P ^a   Stratman, Jeffrey K ^b  

^a LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 6244228478     PISSN: 00336807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9310.00062     Document Type: Article

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