Team learning, top management support and new product development success

International Journal of Managing Projects in Business

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 238-260

  Islam, Zahidul ^a   Doshi, Jason A ^b,c   Mahtab, Hanif ^a   Ariffin Ahmad, Zainal ^d  

^a INDEPENDENT UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b Avago Technologies Malaysia Sdn Bhd   (Malaysia)

^c Altera Corporation Malaysia   (Malaysia)

^d SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Malaysia; New products; Product development; Semi conductors; Senior management; Team learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954514972     PISSN: 17538378     EISSN: 17538386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17538370910949284     Document Type: Article

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