Distributed idea screening in stage-gate development processes

Journal of Engineering Design

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 660-673

  Onarheim, Balder ^a   Christensen, Bo T ^a  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

creativity; employee driven innovation; engineering design; evaluation of creative ideas; fuzzy front end; idea evaluation; idea screening; innovation; new product development; wisdom of the crowds

Indexed keywords

CREATIVE IDEAS; CREATIVITY; ENGINEERING DESIGN; FUZZY FRONT END; IDEA EVALUATION; IDEA SCREENING; NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; WISDOM OF THE CROWDS;

ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

INNOVATION;

EID: 84865246900     PISSN: 09544828     EISSN: 14661837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09544828.2011.649426     Document Type: Article

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