Relationships among functional units and new product performance: The moderating effect of technological turbulence

Technovation

Volumn 30, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 310-321

  Fernández, Pilar ^a   Luisa Del Rio M ^b   Varela, José ^b   Bande, Belén ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Harmony among functional units; New product performance; Physical proximity; Product champion; Technological turbulence

Indexed keywords

CROSS-FUNCTIONAL; FUNCTIONAL UNITS; MEASURES OF PERFORMANCE; MODERATING EFFECT; NEW PRODUCT; NEW PRODUCT PERFORMANCE; NEW PRODUCT SUCCESS; PHYSICAL PROXIMITY; PRESENCE OF PRODUCT; PROGRAM PERFORMANCE;

TURBULENCE;

EID: 77950020398     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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