Does strategic planning enhance or impede innovation and firm performance?

Journal of Product Innovation Management

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 503-520

  Song, Michael ^a   Im, Subin ^b   Van Der Bij, Hans ^c   Song, Lisa Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b Sogang University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANT RESOURCES; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; EMPIRICAL RESULTS; FIRM PERFORMANCE; INNOVATION MANAGEMENT; NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; NPD PROJECTS; ORGANIZATIONAL REDUNDANCY; STRATEGIC PLAN; THEORETICAL MODELS;

INDUSTRY; INNOVATION; MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; REDUNDANCY;

STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EID: 79955792554     PISSN: 07376782     EISSN: 15405885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5885.2011.00822.x     Document Type: Article

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