Networking capability and new product development

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 4-19

  Mu, Jifeng ^a   Di Benedetto, Anthony ^b  

^a Alabama A and M Universisity   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Interaction cost reduction; market knowledge generation; networking capability; new product development; opportunity discovery; resource acquisition; technology knowledge generation

Indexed keywords

INTERACTION COST; MARKET KNOWLEDGE GENERATION; NETWORKING CAPABILITY; NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; OPPORTUNITY DISCOVERY; RESOURCE ACQUISITION;

COMMERCE; COST REDUCTION; INNOVATION; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; RESEARCH; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84856416766     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2011.2146256     Document Type: Article

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