Help or hindrance? Causal ambiguity and supplier involvement in new product development teams

Journal of Product Innovation Management

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 794-808

  Potter, Antony ^a   Lawson, Benn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRY;

LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIPS; NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL OUTCOMES; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; RELATIONSHIP COMMITMENTS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; SUCCESSFUL MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84879112056     PISSN: 07376782     EISSN: 15405885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpim.12027     Document Type: Article

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