Cross-Functional collaboration, competitive intensity, knowledge integration mechanisms, and new product performance: A mediated moderation model

Industrial Marketing Management

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 293-303

  Tsai, Kuen Hung ^a   Hsu, Teresa Tiaojung ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHENG SHIU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Competitive intensity; Cross functional collaboration; Knowledge integration mechanisms; New product performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897643769     PISSN: 00198501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2013.08.012     Document Type: Article

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