...John K Christiansen; Claus J Varnes Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the drivers that induce companies to change their rules for managing product development. Most companies use a form of rule-based management approach, but surprisingly little is known about what makes...

...Karl-Heinz Leitner Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the intermingling of new product development and strategy making which are interpreted as co-evolutionary processes where self-organisation and emergence are significant phenomena. Design/methodology/approach – The paper...

...Ellen F. Thomas Purpose – When competing in a turbulent environment, strategic flexibility can be a competitive advantage. One source of flexibility is the new product development (NPD) process, or more specifically product design. The purpose of this paper is to investigate platform-based...

...Marc Graner; Magdalena Mißler‐Behr Purpose In recent years, scholars have devoted increasing attention to the use of methods in new product development. Although their positive impact on product success has been confirmed by a series of studies, little research has so far been conducted...

... of Formula 1 motor racing. Findings The findings show how social capital made up of “weak ties” in the form of informal personal networks, enabled an outsider to successfully make the leap to a new technological regime. Practical implications The findings show that where new product development...

...John Nicholas; Ann Ledwith; Helen Perks Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore new product development (NPD) best practice from a practitioner's perspective. A large body of research has been completed on best practices in NPD. However, there is a limited knowledge of the extent to which...

...‐assembled product and process development is explored. The FFE of process development is an unexplored context. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Product development Innovation Fuzzy control Materials management The importance of innovation is clear – either firms take advantage...

...Marion A. Weissenberger‐Eibl; Benjamin Teufel Purpose Firms engaged in new product development (NPD) have to achieve a balanced portfolio of NPD projects. Despite the large number of models purporting to support portfolio optimization, most of them do not take into account political bias...

...Ciriaco Bassani; Valentina Lazzarotti; Raffaella Manzini; Luisa Pellegrini; Stefano Santomauro Purpose Implementing a performance measurement system (PMS) for research and new product development (R&NPD) is fundamental for supporting decision making but is a challenging task, because effort...

... of this paper is to explore the quality of interactions among new product development team members, wherein functional diversity, team stability, and transactive memory system are antecedents of teamwork quality. Three measures of outcomes are used (team learning, speed to market, and product success), and task...

... regression models. Findings It was found that internal coordination capability and supplier involvement effort have a positive effect on collaborative product development (CPD) performance. In addition, internal coordination capability positively moderates the relationship between supplier involvement...

...Jonas Rundquist; Fawzi Halila Purpose The purpose of this paper is to improve the understanding of outsourcing new product development (NPD), and specifically of factors affecting the outsourcing decisions, by exploring the practices of the most innovative firms. Design/methodology/approach...

...Paul Hong; He‐Boong Kwon; James Jungbae Roh Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a research model that defines the inter‐relationships between strategic green orientation, integrated product development, supply chain coordination, green performance outcomes and business unit performance...

...Serdar S. Durmuşoğlu Purpose The purpose of this paper it to investigate how sophistication of top management view on information technology (IT) infrastructure influences the firm's IT infrastructure capability and the effect of IT infrastructure capability on new product development (NPD...

...Elena Revilla; Beatriz Rodríguez‐Prado; Isabel Prieto Purpose The purpose of this paper is to focus on one of the most recognized knowledge management enablers, information technology (IT), and explores how IT influences on knowledge base capabilities in product development – specifically...

...Poul Houman Andersen; Kristin Balslev Munksgaard Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop a framework for understanding how problem formulation, information search and division of work in new product development (NPD) activities is shaped by mind sets vested in organizations with diverging...

... the complex behaviour. Whilst for longevity, complexity may have less of an impact. Consumer behaviour Forecasting Product development Telecommunications Supply demand and exchange The challenge of how to predict the market demand for an innovation prior to its introduction in the market...

...Eric Brun; Alf Steinar Saetre; Martin Gjelsvik Purpose The “fuzzy front end” of new product development (NPD) is characterized by considerable uncertainty and ambiguity, but detailed studies of ambiguity specifically related to NPD are missing. This paper aims to establish a classification...

...Mumin Dayan; C. Anthony Di Benedetto Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the quality of interactions among new product development team members, wherein functional diversity, team stability, and transactive memory system are antecedents of teamwork quality. Three measures of outcomes...

... screening stage, more qualitative ways of evaluating new service ideas are required. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Communication technologies Innovation New products Product development Technical services Research has increasingly focused on the development of new...