Designing and facilitating collaboration in R&D: A case study

Journal of Engineering and Technology Management - JET-M

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 256-268

  Hage, Jerald ^a   Jordan, Gretchen ^b   Mote, Jonathon ^a   Whitestone, Yuko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Co location; Complexity; Cross functional teams; Innovation; R D management

Indexed keywords

CO-LOCATED; CO-LOCATION; COLOCATIONS; COMPLEXITY; CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TEAMS; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; LEADERSHIP QUALITIES; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MANAGERIAL PRACTICES; NATIONAL LABORATORY; RESEARCH ENVIRONMENT; RESEARCH MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC DECISIONS;

COBALT COMPOUNDS;

RESEARCH;

EID: 68749121411     PISSN: 09234748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jengtecman.2008.10.005     Document Type: Article

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