Clockspeed effectiveness of lead users and product experts

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1097-1118

  Tsinopoulos, Christos ^a   Al Zu'bi, Zu'bi ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Clockspeed; Lead users; Product development; Product experts; Product innovation; Time to market

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865140659     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443571211265710     Document Type: Article

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