An empirical study of firms absorptive capacity dimensions, supplier involvement and new product development performance

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3385-3403

  Najafi Tavani, Saeed ^a   Sharifi, Hossein ^a   Soleimanof, Sohrab ^b   Najmi, Manoochehr ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

absorptive capacity; New product development; supplier involvement

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY; HIERARCHICAL REGRESSION; MANUFACTURING FIRMS; NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PERFORMANCE; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELLING; SUPPLIER INVOLVEMENT; THEORY AND PRACTICE;

INDUSTRY;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84879684631     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2013.774480     Document Type: Article

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