Internal and external integration for product development: the contingency effects of uncertainty, equivocality, and platform strategy
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A study on the influence of internal integration such as concurrent engineering practices on external integration such as customer integration, supplier product integration, and supplier process integration in product development is examined. Using contingency theory, contextual variables which, moderates linkages between integration strategy (external and internal) and performance are examined. And specifically this study considers whether uncertainty, equivocality, and platform development strategy change the relationships among internal integration, external integration and competitive capabilities.
Publication Name: Decision Sciences
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0011-7315
Year: 2005
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The visible hands of hierarchy within the M-form: an empirical test of corporate parenting of internal product exchanges
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This research indicates that, while employees cannot partake in all divisional decision-making, instances where they can be effective are conflict resolution and new product development.
Publication Name: Journal of Management Studies
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0022-2380
Year: 2003
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Technology-based new product development partnerships
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Implications of inter-firm partnerships for developing new products are analyzed. Implications of application of information technology for product innovation are also examined.
Publication Name: Decision Sciences
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0011-7315
Year: 2006
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