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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Management of Engineering and Technology, 2001. PICMET '01. Portland International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Portland, OR
Print_ISBN :
1-890843-06-7
DOI :
10.1109/PICMET.2001.952272
