New product development best practice in SME and large organisations: Theory vs practice

European Journal of Innovation Management

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 227-251

  Nicholas, John ^a   Ledwith, Ann ^a   Perks, Helen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Best practice; Ireland; Large enterprises; Product development; Small enterprises; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955628676     PISSN: 14601060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14601061111124902     Document Type: Article

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