Development resource planning: Complexity of product development and the capacity to launch new products

Journal of Product Innovation Management

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 253-266

  Yu, Abraham Sin Oih ^a   Figueiredo, Paulo S ^b   De Souza Nascimento, Paulo Tromboni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE MODEL; DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES; EMPIRICAL RESULTS; INITIAL HYPOTHESIS; MANUFACTURING COMPANIES; NEW PRODUCT; NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PER UNIT; PRODUCT FAMILIES; UPPER LIMITS;

LAUNCHING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 77249133106     PISSN: 07376782     EISSN: 15405885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5885.2010.00713.x     Document Type: Article

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