Identifying the critical success factors of agile NPD process in Iranian manufacturing enterprises

Kuwait Journal of Science and Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 1 B, 2009, Pages 231-246

  Seyed Hosseini, S M ^a   Fekri, R ^b   Ali Ahmadi, A ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b PAYAME NOOR UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Agility; Critical success factors; Explanatory factor analysis; New product development

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650194003     PISSN: 10248684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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