Determinants of new product development team performance:A meta-analytic review

Journal of Product Innovation Management

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 803-820

  Sivasubramaniam, Nagaraj ^a   Liebowitz, S Jay ^a   Lackman, Conway L ^a  

^a DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC MODELS; CRITICAL DETERMINANT; EFFECT SIZE; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; FIRM PERFORMANCE; FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY; INPUT VARIABLES; MARKET SUCCESS; NEW PRODUCT; NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PROJECT OBJECTIVES; SHARED UNDERSTANDING; SPEED-TO-MARKET; TEAM CHARACTERISTIC; TEAM COMMUNICATION; TEAM LEADERSHIP; TEAM PERFORMANCE; TEAM PROCESS;

COMMUNICATION; INDUSTRY; MANAGEMENT;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84864695681     PISSN: 07376782     EISSN: 15405885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5885.2012.00940.x     Document Type: Review

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