DocumentCode
3514545
Title
The correlation between product development strategy and business performance: an investigation of UK SMEs
Author
Lewis, Alan ; Brown, Robert
Author_Institution
Nat. Centre for Product Design & Dev. Res., Univ. of Wales Inst., Cardiff, UK
Volume
Supplement
fYear
2001
fDate
2001
Firstpage
618
Abstract
The paper reports the outcomes of a study of over 100 small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in the UK manufacturing sector, aimed at examining the relationship between a company´s business performance in terms of the success of its new product development activity and the nature of the product and business strategies that are in place within that company
Keywords
commerce; manufacturing industries; product development; research and development management; R&D management; SMEs; UK; business performance; business strategies; manufacturing sector; product development strategy; small to medium sized enterprises; Business; Companies; Innovation management; Manufacturing processes; Performance analysis; Process planning; Product design; Product development; Pulp manufacturing; Technological innovation;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Management of Engineering and Technology, 2001. PICMET '01. Portland International Conference on
Conference_Location
Portland, OR
Print_ISBN
1-890843-06-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PICMET.2001.952272
Filename
952272
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