The roles of reward structures and project characteristics in Taiwan's high-tech new product development team performance

International Journal of Business Performance Management

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-20

  Ho, Yung Ching ^a   Lai, Chi Shiun ^b   Tai, Cheng Ling ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c HUAFAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

new product development; NPD; project characteristics; Reward structures; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957990593     PISSN: 13684892     EISSN: 17415039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBPM.2010.036039     Document Type: Article

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