Knowledge sharing, commitment and opportunism in new product development

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1056-1074

  Yam, Richard C M ^a   Chan, Cliff ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Commitment; Knowledge sharing; New product development; Opportunism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930852564     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: 17586593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJOPM-01-2014-0037     Document Type: Article

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