...Lingjia Li; Jing Dai; Bin Guo; Yongyi Shou Purpose As the start of a new product development (NPD) process, the front fuzzy end (FFE) is believed to determine new product performance to a large extent. However, its effects on new product performance, particularly in terms of quality and cost, lack...

...-tier 1 supplier-tier 2 supplier triadic new product development (NPD) project when buyer's requirements are unstable. Design/methodology/approach Based on social interdependence theory, a model linking interorganizational task interdependence to interorganizational collaboration and NPD product...

... review on crowdsourcing that incorporates the relevant literature on crowdfunding as a value-creation tool. Crowdsourcing Crowdfunding Crowd venturing Systematic literature review Innovation New product development Platforms Projects Collective intelligence Wisdom of the crowd...

... proposals. Research limitations/implications – The design of the innovation contest does not allow full comparison of the preference functions of crowd and committee. The findings from this case study cannot be generalized. The early stage of new product development seems fruitful for investigating...

...Vanesa Barrales-Molina; Francisco Javier Llorens Montes; Leopoldo J Gutierrez-Gutierrez Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explain the outcomes and role of dynamic capabilities (DCs). To explain the outcomes, the authors study the relationship between new product development (NPD...

... is to develop a fuzzy association rule mining (FARM) approach for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of new product development (NPD) in fast fashion. Design/methodology/approach – The FARM identifies the hidden relationships between product styles and customer preferences. The knowledge...

...Taiwen Feng; Dan Wang Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impacts of three types of supply chain involvement (SCI) on three types of new product development (NPD) performance. Design/methodology/approach To test the research hypotheses, structural equation modeling...

...Tang Sai Hong; Morteza Ghobakhloo Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine if, and how, investments in IT at different levels can create new product development (NPD) capabilities in terms of IT leveraging competence in NPD and NPD effectiveness. The paper also investigates how Iranian...

... the aforementioned PLM building blocks to highlight the distinctive nature of PLM and closed‐loop PLM systems. Third, to demonstrate that the closed‐loop PLM system provides more new product benefits than the PLM system and that the usage of the closed‐loop PLM system is positively related to new product development...

...Krishna R. Reddi; Young B. Moon Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the interactions between new product development (NPD) and engineering change management (ECM) processes in terms of their impact on organizational performance. Design/methodology/approach A system dynamics...

...Jie Yang; Liming Yu Today’s knowledge economy era is characterized by short product life‐cycles, dynamic customer requirements and complex business processes, knowledge management (KM) is becoming the pivot of new product development. In this article, the interactions between five activities of KM...

...R. Balachandra New product development (NPD) project studies have attempted to identify a common set of factors that will indicate whether a NPD project will succeed or fail. A recent study has shown that there is no universal set of factors; also some factors have contradictory effects...

...Hamieda Parker This study investigated the issue of collaboration in new product development within the context of the South African textile and clothing industry. The following aspects were analysed in order to contribute to the understanding of the collaboration process: the perceived benefits...

...Vince Howe; Richard G. Mathieu; Jim Parker Accelerating the process by which new products are introduced to the marketplace has become a strategic imperative in many markets. An emerging precondition for new‐product development success is the integration of information technology with innovative...

... in the introduction of new products in the computer industry. The analysis of the data suggests that quality should be built into the new product development process as a first step to accelerate the market introduction. The use of quality function deployment is suggested as a useful tool for reengineering the new...

...Michael Enright This paper examines popularly accepted approaches to market orientation and compares and contrasts them with currently applied alternative approaches. Approaches to new product development are also discussed. It argues for consideration of the existence of pluralism in the marketing...

... new product development. Company strategies have to consider in which business sectors the company is trying to compete. These can be classified by complexity and uncertainty. High complexity and high uncertainty businesses, such as major building projects, obviously demand critical business...

... design and manufacturing processes in order to become more profitable in the next decade. © MCB UP Limited 1994 Electronics industry GPT Information management New product development Product information The GPT intention is to reap the long‐term benefits of implementing a PIM...

... in less developed countries. © MCB UP Limited 1989 Ethiopia Marketing New product development Entrepreneurs Multinationals PRODUCT MANAGEMENT IN LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES* by Tigineh Mersha Department of Management, University of Baltimore, USA Introduction Certain basic consumer products...