New product development team improvisation and speed-to-market: An extended model

European Journal of Innovation Management

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 117-129

  Akgün, Ali E ^a   Lynn, Gary S ^b  

^a GEBZE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

New product development; Teams; Time to market

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986014956     PISSN: 14601060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14601060210436709     Document Type: Review

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