Information processing and firm-internal environment contingencies: Performance impact on global new product development

Creativity and Innovation Management

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 200-218

  Kleinschmidt, Elko ^a   De Brentani, Ulrike ^b   Salomo, Søren ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b John Molson School of Business   (Canada)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

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EID: 84877251890     PISSN: 09631690     EISSN: 14678691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8691.2010.00568.x     Document Type: Article

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