...Valéry Merminod; Marie Anne Le Dain; Alejandro Germán Frank Purpose This paper aims to propose that knowing in practice can be used as a mechanism to enhance social exchange in collaborative new product development (NPD) with suppliers to reduce glitches. Practic00es of inter-organizational...

...Lisa Melander; David Rosell; Nicolette Lakemond Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the dynamics of management and control in collaborations with suppliers of critical technology. Design/methodology/approach – Three collaborative product development projects at a system...

...Margherita Pero; Nizar Abdelkafi; Andrea Sianesi; Thorsten Blecker Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop a framework that explains how new product development and supply chain variables are related to one another and how they affect performance. Design/methodology/approach...

...Remko van Hoek; Paul Chapman Purpose Improving alignment between supply chain and new product development (NPD) can enhance market impact and revenue growth. Additionally, it can remove a lot of frustration for supply chain managers, who currently are often the last to find out about NPD, whereas...

... in practice: an economic perspective; a socio‐economic perspective; and a strategic perspective. The theoretical framework is applied to two important research topics within SCM: third party logistics (TPL); and new product development (NPD). Findings There is no such thing as “a unified theory of SCM...

...Remko van Hoek; Paul Chapman Purpose To expand beyond existing research on the integration of supply chain and new product development that has a limited focused on the need to pre‐inform supply chain before product launch, the need for new product development to consider the impact of product...

... institutions in innovation processes. Design/methodology/approach The theory of transactions and institutions is examined, specifically the concepts of rivalry, excludability and voice, in order to identify optimal institutions to address potential market failures in new product development. Findings...