Measuring performance in R&NPD: The case of Whitehead Alenia Sistemi Subacquei - a Finmeccanica company

European Journal of Innovation Management

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 481-506

  Bassani, Ciriaco ^a   Lazzarotti, Valentina ^b   Manzini, Raffaella ^b   Pellegrini, Luisa ^a   Santomauro, Stefano ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CREMS Centre for Research on Health Economics Social and Health Care Management Carlo Cattaneo University LIUC   (Italy)

^c Whitehead Alenia Sistemi Subacquei SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Armaments industry; Balanced scorecard; Performance measures; Product development; Research and development

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049495251     PISSN: 14601060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14601061011086302     Document Type: Article

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