Soft-system knowledge management framework for new product development

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 135-153

  Shankar, Ravi ^a   Acharia, Sourish ^b   Baveja, Alok ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b MAHINDRA AND MAHINDRA LTD   (India)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automotive components industry; Knowledge management; Product development

Indexed keywords

EID: 69749112524     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673270910931224     Document Type: Article

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