Top management involvement in new product development: A review and synthesis

Journal of Product Innovation Management

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 159-175

  Felekoglu, Burcu ^a   Moultrie, James ^b  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING; RESEARCH;

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR; LEVELS OF ANALYSIS; LITERATURE REVIEWS; NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOP MANAGEMENT;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84890570320     PISSN: 07376782     EISSN: 15405885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpim.12086     Document Type: Article

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