literature on diversity argues that heterogeneity can have a positive as well as a detrimental effect on team outputs. Our paper …). We find that a rise in the average age of a company's workforce has a negative impact on innovation, but age diversity …

signals that multifunctional integration is encouraged. -- product development ; innovation process ; multifunctional team …Structuring the innovation process and managing multifunctional teams is a basic prerequisite successful innovation. A … teamwork helps to optimise and accomplish the innovation process. Organizational support is necessary to achieve effective …