Featuring capability: How carmakers organize to deploy innovative features across products

Journal of Product Innovation Management

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 114-127

  Maniak, Rémi ^a   Midler, Christophe ^b   Beaume, Romain ^c   Von Pechmann, Felix ^c  

^a TELECOM PARISTECH   (France)

^b Polytechnique Management Research Center   (United States)

^c PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ADVANCED ENGINEERINGS; COORDINATION PATTERNS; CRITICAL DYNAMICS; INNOVATION STRATEGY; LEARNING CYCLE; MULTIPLE PRODUCTS; NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; TELEMATICS SYSTEM;

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE;

EID: 84890560056     PISSN: 07376782     EISSN: 15405885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpim.12083     Document Type: Article

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