The effects of managerial output control and team autonomy on the speed of new product development: The moderating effect of product newness

International Journal of Product Development

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 298-315

  Carbonell, Pilar ^a   Rodríguez Escudero, Ana I ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Managerial control; New product development; NPD; Output control; Product newness; Speed; Team autonomy; Time to market

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051990276     PISSN: 14779056     EISSN: 17418178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJPD.2011.042026     Document Type: Article

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