Shared knowledge, "glitches." and product development performance

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Product development has been utilized by several firms to gain competitive advantage. A study has been conducted to examine the possible causes of integration performance correlation in product development processes. Data was supported by examining the effects of shared knowledge and glitches. Glitches have been defined as costly errors resulting from the nondisclosure of relevant information. A scientific company engaged in the development of applications software was used in a case study to analyze the effects of product development activities and consequences resulting from glitches. It has been found that optimal integrating practices depend on the specific effects these practices are intended to have. The channels of influence have been revealed to have the greatest significance for resource-based theories of competitive advantage.

Economic aspects, Product development

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Learning 1, planning 0: reply to Igor Ansoff

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Henry Mintzberg maintains that strategic planning is not the be all and end all in organizational management. In his rejoinder to the criticisms of Igor Ansoff, Mintzberg claims that emergent, non-formal learning must go hand-in-hand with deliberate planning. Design schools may just be providing seductive strategic management models that will turn out to be ineffective when actually implemented.

Criticism and interpretation, Ansoff, Igor

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Management heterogeneity, competitive interaction groups, and firm performance

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Research presented concerns the role of top executives in organizing and developing strategic groups, using the previous work on strategic group theory and upper-echelon theory. Topics addressed include strategic decision-making, and how management team heterogeneity is related to firm performance.

Management Theory & Techniques, Statistical Data Included, Executives

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