Organizational politics in new product development project selection: A review of the current literature

European Journal of Innovation Management

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-73

  Weissenberger Eibl, Marion A ^a,b   Teufel, Benjamin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS AND INNOVATION RESEARCH ISI   (Germany)

Author keywords

Organizational politics; Organizations; Product development

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651431994     PISSN: 14601060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14601061111104698     Document Type: Review

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