Competitive advantages in the first product of new ventures

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 88-102

  Song, Lisa Z ^a   Anthony Di Benedetto, C ^b   Song, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; First product development; New venture; Skills and resources; Technological innovation

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT; LITTLE RESEARCH; NEW PRODUCT; NEW VENTURE; NEW VENTURES; PRODUCT PERFORMANCE; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION; TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES; TRACK RECORD;

COMPETITION; LAUNCHING; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SAFETY ENGINEERING; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

INNOVATION;

EID: 76349091163     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2009.2013836     Document Type: Article

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