Figure 1
The diagram shows a flowchart that starts with the external environment at the top. This leads to critical resource dependencies, which then flow into building external relations based on resource dependence theory. From there, the diagram branches into three outcomes: new product development, sustainability, and resilience. New product development is labeled as innovation outcomes, sustainability as new solutions, and resilience as adaptation and robustness. Arrows indicate the directional flow from the external environment through critical resource dependencies and building external relations to the three outcomes.Relationship between resource dependence theory, NPD, sustainability, and resilience. Source: Authors’ own work