Towards eccentric organisations – a case study of new product development

Journal of Workplace Learning

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 5-13

  Fisscher, Olaf A m ^a   de Weerd Nederhof, Petra C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Innovation; New product development; Organisational philosophy; Organization types; Total quality management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986105985     PISSN: 13665626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13665620110364727     Document Type: Article

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