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  1. Institute for Technology and Innovation Management, Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg, Germany

    Cornelius Herstatt (Full Professor) & Christoph Stockstrom (Research Assistant)

  2. Institute for Management of Science and Technology, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

    Akio Nagahira (Full Professor)

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  1. Institut für Technologie- und Innovationsmanagement, TU Hamburg-Harburg, Schwarzenbergstrasse 95, 21073, Hamburg, Germany

    Cornelius Herstatt  & Christoph Stockstrom  & 

  2. Technology and Innovation Management, ETH Zürich, Kreuzplatz 5, 8032, Zurich, Switzerland

    Hugo Tschirky

  3. Graduate School of Engineering Management of Science and Technology (MOST), Tohoku University, 04 Aza-Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai City Miyagi Prefecture, 980-8579, Japan

    Akio Nagahira

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Herstatt, C., Stockstrom, C., Nagahira, A. (2006). NPD-Process and Planning in Japanese Engineering Companies — Findings from an Interview Research. In: Herstatt, C., Stockstrom, C., Tschirky, H., Nagahira, A. (eds) Management of Technology and Innovation in Japan. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-31248-X_12

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