Knowledge and quality management: An R&D perspective

Technovation

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 775-785

  Jayawarna, Dilani ^a   Holt, Robin ^b  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exploitation; Exploration; Knowledge management; Quality management; Research and development (R D)

Indexed keywords

CASE STUDY ANALYSIS; EXPLOITATION; EXPLORATION; EXPLORATION AND EXPLOITATION; GENERIC FRAMEWORKS; QUALITY SYSTEMS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY-BASED;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH;

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 69849101952     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2009.04.004     Document Type: Article

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