The effect of new product development acceleration approaches on development speed: A case study

Journal of Engineering and Technology Management - JET-M

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 157-167

  Langerak, Fred ^a   Hultink, Erik Jan ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b FACULTY OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN ENGINEERING   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Approaches; Development acceleration; Development speed; New product

Indexed keywords

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL TRAINING; SPEED;

ACCELERATION APPROACH; APPROACHES; INTER-FUNCTIONAL COORDINATION; NEW PRODUCT; NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT ACCELERATION APPROACHES; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES; PRODUCT INNOVATIVENESS; SUPPLIER INVOLVEMENT;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 64049088475     PISSN: 09234748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jengtecman.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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