Exploring the impact of technological competence development on speed and NPD program performance

Journal of Product Innovation Management

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 915-929

  Acur, Nuran ^a   Kandemir, Destan ^b   De Weerd Nederhof, Petra C ^b   Song, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANECDOTAL EVIDENCES; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; INTERNAL CLIMATE; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENTS; POSITIVE EFFECTS; PRODUCT PORTFOLIOS; PROGRAM PERFORMANCE; PROJECT PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL COMPETENCE; THEORETICAL ARGUMENTS;

ALIGNMENT; COMPETITION; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; INVESTMENTS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SPEED;

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79957525598     PISSN: 07376782     EISSN: 15405885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5885.2010.00760.x     Document Type: Article

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