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Outsourcing of NPD activities: a best practice approach
Jonas Rundquist, Fawzi HalilaThe purpose of this paper is to improve the understanding of outsourcing new product development (NPD), and specifically of factors affecting the outsourcing decisions, by…
Revisiting the case of float glass: Understanding the industrial revolution through the design envelope
Olavi Uusitalo, Toni MikkolaThe purpose of this paper is twofold. First and most importantly, the paper aims to explain how Pilkington is able to revolutionize the flat glass industry. The modified design…
The relationship among modularity, functional coordination, and mass customization: Implications for competitiveness
Sohel Ahmad, Roger G. Schroeder, Debasish N. MallickThe purpose of this paper is to investigate how product modularity (PM) is related to mass customization (MC) capability and plant competitiveness.
Adoption of NPD flexibility practices in new technology‐based firms
Tommaso Buganza, Martin Gerst, Roberto VergantiNew technology‐based firms (NTBFs) play a growing role in national economies. Given their nature, it is possible to suppose that these companies should manage their development…
Diffusion of product signs in industrial networks: the advantage of the trend‐setter
Claudio Dell'Era, Roberto VergantiNowadays, the strategic role of design is reinforced by the increased attention that customers pay to the aesthetic, symbolic and emotional values of products. These values can be…
Motivating and supporting collaboration in open innovation
Maria Antikainen, Marko Mäkipää, Mikko AhonenThe purpose of this paper is to explore collaboration in open innovation (OI) communities. The paper focuses on the following two research problems: how can users be motivated to…
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