"Squeezing R&D": A study of organizational slack and knowledge creation in NPD, using the SECI model

Journal of Product Innovation Management

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1268-1290

  Richtnér, Anders ^a   Åhlström, Pär ^a   Goffin, Keith ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES; EXPLICIT KNOWLEDGE; IMPACT OF CHANGES; KNOWLEDGE CREATIONS; MANUFACTURING WORK; NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL SLACK; SENIOR MANAGEMENT;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84908074567     PISSN: 07376782     EISSN: 15405885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpim.12139     Document Type: Article

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