Managing technology selection and development risk in competitive environments

Production and Operations Management

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 541-555

  Bhaskaran, Sreekumar R ^a   Ramachandran, Karthik ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

competition; development uncertainty; innovative capacity; introduction timing

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960136170     PISSN: 10591478     EISSN: 19375956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1937-5956.2010.01165.x     Document Type: Article

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