Revenue driven resource allocation: Funding authority, incentives, and new product development portfolio management

Management Science

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1556-1569

  Chao, Raul O ^a   Kavadias, Stylianos ^b   Gaimon, Cheryl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Authority; Incentives; Innovation; New product development; Portfolio; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

AUTHORITY; CAREER CONCERN; COMPENSATION PARAMETERS; INCENTIVES; INCREMENTAL INNOVATION; MULTIPLE LEVELS; NEW PRODUCT; NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PORTFOLIO; PORTFOLIO DECISIONS; PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT; PRODUCT SALES; SIDE EFFECT; SUBSTITUTION EFFECT;

ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; INVESTMENTS; MANAGERS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EID: 70349335642     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1090.1046     Document Type: Article

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