Understanding the influence of customers on product innovation

International Journal of Agile Systems and Management

Volumn 7, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 348-364

  Chang, Danni ^a   Chen, Chun Hsien ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Curve fitting model; Hypothesis testing; Interactive multiple regression model; Product innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929197855     PISSN: 17419174     EISSN: 17419182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJASM.2014.065350     Document Type: Article

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