Autonomous teams and new product development

Journal of Product Innovation Management

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 734-750

  Patanakul, Peerasit ^a   Chen, Jiyao ^b   Lynn, Gary S ^c  

^a Department of Management Information Systems   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEST CHOICE; CONTROLLED VARIABLES; CORPORATE ENTREPRENEURSHIP; DEGREE OF AUTONOMY; DEVELOPMENT COSTS; DISRUPTIVE INNOVATIONS; EFFECTIVENESS MEASURE; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; HIGH TECHNOLOGY; INCREMENTAL INNOVATION; INNOVATIVE PROJECTS; NEW PRODUCT; NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; NEW VENTURES; NPD PROJECTS; PARENT ORGANIZATIONS; PRODUCT SUCCESS; PROJECT LEVELS; RADICAL INNOVATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; STRATEGIC INITIATIVE;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY;

INNOVATION;

EID: 84864645066     PISSN: 07376782     EISSN: 15405885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5885.2012.00934.x     Document Type: Article

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