Modularity and the impact on new product development time performance: Investigating the moderating effects of supplier involvement and interfunctional integration

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1191-1209

  Danese, Pamela ^a   Filippini, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cross functional integration; Product development; Supplier relations; Time to market

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049445167     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443571011087387     Document Type: Article

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