• 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