The relationship between governance and NPD performance and the mediating role of tie strength

International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 622-641

  Teimoury, E ^a   Fesharaki, M ^b   Bazyar, A ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b Malekashter University   (Iran)

Author keywords

Control; Governance; Information networks; Iran; New product development; Performance; Research and development; Strategic alliances; Tie strength; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961085112     PISSN: 17410401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410401111150788     Document Type: Article

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