Performance improvement in new product development with effective tools and techniques adoption for high-tech industries

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 131-152

  Yeh, Tsu Ming ^a   Pai, Fan Yun ^b   Yang, Ching Chow ^c  

^a DA YEH UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Effectiveness analysis model; New product development (NPD); Performance indicators; Tools and techniques

Indexed keywords

EID: 72749115960     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: 15737845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-008-9186-7     Document Type: Article

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