The use of organisational resources for product innovation and organisational performance: A survey of the Brazilian furniture industry

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 180, Issue , 2016, Pages 135-147

  Guimarães, Julio Cesar Ferro de ^a   Severo, Eliana Andrea ^a   Dorion, Eric Charles Henri ^b   Coallier, François ^c   Olea, Pelayo Munhoz ^b  

^a FACULDADE MERIDIONAL IMED   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAXIAS DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Furniture industry; Organisational performance; Product innovation; Strategic resources; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; SURVEYS;

FURNITURE INDUSTRY; ORGANISATIONAL PERFORMANCE; PRODUCT INNOVATION; STRATEGIC RESOURCE; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

INNOVATION;

EID: 84980319958     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2016.07.018     Document Type: Article

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