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The Role of Champion in Product Innovation
Abstract
Supported by data from forty-five cases of product development with varying degrees of success, the concept of product champion and his-role in the innovation process is explored in this article. Problems as well as the desirable qualities of a successful product champion are examined and organizational factors conducive to innovation are identified.
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- Authors
- Chakrabarti, A. K.
- Venue
- California Management Review
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1974-12
- Volume
- 17
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 58-62
- ISSN
- 0008-1256 (ISSN-L)
- 2162-8564
- OpenAlex
- W1994453304
- Cited by
- 384
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 10.41
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
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