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The front end of new product development: a Canadian survey

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A survey of 15 firms in the integrated circuit board industry attempts to demystify the predevelopment stages of a new product. These stages are currently regarded as unstructured and unmanageable. Results of the analysis using means, variance and t-tests provided clearer activities that can be initiated to prepare products for development.

Author: Kumar, Vinod, Murphy, Steven A.
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Ltd.
Publication Name: R & D Management
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0033-6807
Year: 1997
Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences, Commercial physical research, Research & Development-Industry, Models, Industrial research, Product management, New products, Product introduction

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The use and importance of external sources of knowledge in the software development process

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Studies of software projects indicate that significant differences exist between software projects and tangible hardware with regard to the levels of importance of various sources and the knowledge obtained from them. An example is the uncertainty inherent in communicating expectations for software.

Author: Segelod, Esbjorn, Jordan, Gary
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Ltd.
Publication Name: R & D Management
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0033-6807
Year: 2004
Product development, Science & research, Comparative analysis, Knowledge management, Computer programming services, Software development services, Software development service

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Determinants of integrated product development diffusion

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Based on a survey of 269 new product development managers, the factors that help in integrated product development diffusion in the organization are identified.

Author: Kumar, Vinod, Boyle, Todd, Kumar, Uma
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Ltd.
Publication Name: R & D Management
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0033-6807
Year: 2006
United States, Analysis, Surveys, Organizational learning

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Subjects list: Research, Management, Product development, Company business management, Time to market
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