When does search openness really matter? A contingency study of health-care innovation projects

Journal of Product Innovation Management

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 659-676

  Salge, Torsten Oliver ^a   Farchi, Tomas ^b   Barrett, Michael Ian ^b   Dopson, Sue ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; INNOVATION; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

BENEFITS AND COSTS; CONTINGENCY MODELS; ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS; INNOVATION PROJECTS; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL BOUNDARIES; PRODUCT CREATIVITIES;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84879075714     PISSN: 07376782     EISSN: 15405885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpim.12015     Document Type: Article

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