Exploring the antecedents and consequences of technology and knowledge integration mechanisms in the context of NPD

Information Systems Frontiers

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1165-1189

  Chang, Hsin Hsin ^a   Tsai, Yao Chuan ^a   Fu, Chen Su ^a   Chen, Shu Hui ^a   De Peng, Yao ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity (AC); Knowledge integration mechanism (KIM); New product development (NPD); Technology integration mechanism (TIM)

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INTEGRATION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS;

ABSORPTIVE CAPABILITY; ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY; INTEGRATE TECHNOLOGIES; KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATION MECHANISMS; NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARE (PLS); STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84957027856     PISSN: 13873326     EISSN: 15729419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10796-016-9629-y     Document Type: Article

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