Managing product development collaborations - A process maturity approach

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture

Volumn 217, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1499-1519

  Fraser, P ^a   Farrukh, C ^a   Gregory, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collaboration; New product introduction; Process maturity; Product development

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CAPABILITY MATURITY; PROCESS MATURITY;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0346329827     PISSN: 09544054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/095440503771909890     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (55)

1. Jonash, R. Strategic technology leveraging: making out-sourcing work for you. Res. Technol. Managmt, March-April 1996, 39(2).
2. Doz, Y. and Hamel, G. The use of alliances in implementing technology strategies. In Managing Strategic Innovation and Change (Eds M. Tushman and P. Anderson), 1997 (Oxford University Press, New York).
3. Womack, J., Jones, D. and Roos, D. The Machine that Changed the World, 1990 (Rawson Associates, New York).
4. Lamming, R. Beyond Partnership: Strategies for Innovation and Lean Supply, 1993 (Prentice-Hall, New York and London).
5. Macbeth, D. and Ferguson, N. Partnership Sourcing: An Integrated Supply Chain Management Approach, 1994 (Financial Times, Pitman Publishing, London).
6. Bidault, F., Despres, C. and Butler, C. Leveraged Innovation: Unlocking the Innovation Potential of Strategic Supply, 1998 (Macmillan, Basingstoke).
7. Dodgson, M. Technological Collaboration in Industry, 1993 (Routledge,. London).
8. Harrigan, K. Managing for Joint Venture Success, 1986 (Lexington Books, Lexington, Massachusetts).
9. Kanter, R. Collaborative advantage: the art of alliances. Harvard Business Rev., 1994, 72, 96-108.
10. Doz, Y. and Hamel, G. Alliance Advantage: The Art of Creating Value through Partnering, 1998 (Harvard Business School Press, Boston, Massachusetts).
11. Crosby, P. B. Quality is Free, 1979 (McGraw-Hill, New York).
12. Paulk, M., Curtis, B., Chrissis, M. and Weber, C. Capability maturity model for software, Version 1.1. Technical Report CMU/SEI-93-TR-024 ESC-TR-93-177, February 1993.
13. McGrath, M. E. (Ed.) Setting the PACE in Product Development: A Guide to Product and Cycle-Time Excellence, 1996 (Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford).
14. Dooley, K., Subra, A. and Andersen, J. Maturity and its impact on new product development project performance. Res. Engng Des., 2001, 13, 23-29.
15. Doz, Y. Technology partnerships between larger and smaller firms: some critical issues. In Cooperative Strategies in International Business (Eds F. Contractor and P. Lorange), 1988 (Lexington Books, Lexington, Massachusetts).
16. Wheelwright, S. C. and Clark, K. B. Revolutionising Product Development, 1992 (Free Press, New York).
17. Cooper, R. G. Stage-gate systems: a new tool for managing new products. Business Horizons, May-June 1990, 33(3).
18. Rothwell, R. Successful industrial innovation: critical factors for the 1990s. R & D Managmt, 1992, 22(3), 221-239.
19. Rothwell, R. Towards the fifth-generation innovation process. Int. Marketing Rev., 1994, 11(1), 7-31.
20. Biemans, W. G. Internal and external networks in product development. In Product Development: Meeting the Challenge of the Design-Marketing Interface (Eds M. Bruce and W. Biemans), 1995 (John Wiley, Chichester).
21. Chiesa, V. and Manzini, R. Organising for technological collaborations: a managerial perspective. R & D Managmt, 1998, 28(3), 199-212.
22. Hakanson, L. Managing cooperative research and development: partner selection and contract design. R & D Managmt, 1993, 23(4), 273-285.
23. Dussauge, P. and Garette, B. Cooperative Strategy: Competing Successfully through Strategic Alliances, 1999 (John Wiley, Chichester).
24. von Hippel, E. The dominant role of users in the scientific instrument innovation process. Res. Policy, 1976, 5, 212-239.
25. Hamel, G., Doz, Y. L. and Prahalad, C. K. Collaborate with your competitors - and win. Harvard Business Rev., 1989, 67(1), 133-139.
26. von Hippel, E. Task partitioning: an innovation process variable. Res. Policy, 1990, 19, 407-418.
27. Schrader, S. and Göpfert, J. Task partitioning among manufacturers and suppliers. In. Relationships and Networks in International Markets (Eds H. G. Gemünden, T. Ritter and A. Walter), 1977 (Pergamon Press, Oxford).
28. Chesbrough, H. and Teece, D. When is virtual virtuous? Organising for innovation. Harvard Business Rev., January-February 1996, 74(1), 65-73.
29. Morelli, M., Eppinger, S. D. and Gulati, R. K. Predicting technical communication in product development organizations. IEEE Trans. Engng Managmt, 1995, 42(3), 215.
30. Karlsson, C., Nellore, R. and Soderquist, K. Black box engineering: redefining the role of product specifications. J. Product Innovation Managmt, 1998, 15(6), 534-549.
31. Clark, K. B. and Fujimoto, T. Product Development Performance, 1991 (Harvard Business School Press; Boston, Massachusetts).
32. Kamath, R. R. and Liker, J. K. A second look at Japanese product development. Harvard Business Rev., 1994, 72(6), 154-170.
33. Twigg, D. Managing product development within a design chain. Int. J. Ops Prod. Managmt, 1998, 18(5), 508-524.
34. Millson, M., Raj, S. P. and Wilemon, D. Strategic partnering for developing new products. Res. Technol. Managmt, May-June 1996, 39(3), 41-49.
35. George, V. and Farris, G. Performance of alliances: formative stages and changing organisational and environmental influences. R & D Managmt, 1999, 29(4), 379-389.
36. Doz, Y. The evolution of cooperation in strategic alliances: initial conditions or learning processes? Strategic Managmt J., Summer 1996, 17, Special Issue, 55-83.
37. Littler, D., Leverick, F. and Bruce, M. Factors affecting the process of collaborative product development: a study of UK manufacturers of information and communications technology products. J. Product Innovation Managmt, 1995, 12(1), 16-32.
38. Sheppard, B. and Sherman, D. The grammar of trust: a model and general implications. Acad. Managmt Rev., 1998, 23(3), 422-437.
39. Sako, M. Prices, Quality and Trust: Inter-firm Relations in Britain and Japan, 1992 (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge).
40. Wolff, M. Building trust in alliances. Res. Technol. Managmt, May-June 1994, 37(3), 12-15.
41. Macaulay, S. Non-contractual relations in business: a preliminary study. Am. Sociological Rev., 1963, 28(1), 55-69.
42. Chiesa, V., Coughlan, P. and Voss, C. Development of a technical innovation audit. J. Product Innovation Managmt, 1996, 13(2), 105-136.
43. Fraser, P., Moultrie, J. and Holdway, R. Exploratory studies of a proposed design maturity model. In 8th International Product Development Management Conference, University of Twente, Holland, 11-12 June 2001.
44. Eisenhardt, K. Agency theory: an assessment and review. Acad. Managmt Rev., 1989, 14(1), 57-74.
45. Williamson, O. E. Markets and Hierarchies: Analysis and Antitrust Implications, 1975 (Free Press, New York).
46. Teece, D. Profiting from technological innovation: implications for integration, collaboration, licensing and public policy. Res. Policy, 1986, 15(6), 285-305.
47. Prahalad, C. K. and Hamel, G. The core competence of the corporation. Harvard Business Rev., May-June 1990, 68(3), 79-91.
48. Teece, D., Pisano, G. and Shuen, A. Dynamic capabilities and strategic management. Strategic Managmt J., 1997, 18(7), 509-533.
49. Gulati, R. Does familiarity breed trust? The implications of repeated ties for contractual choice in alliances. Acad. Managmt J., 1995, 38(1), 85-112.
50. Farrukh, C., Fraser, P. and Gregory, M. Development of a structured approach to assessing practice in product development collaborations. Proc. Instn Mech. Engrs, Part B: J. Engineering Manufacture, 2003, 217(B8), 1131-1144.
51. Yin, R. The case-study crisis: some answers. Admve Sci. Q., 1981, 26, 58-65.
52. Eisenhardt, K. Building theories from case study research. Acad. Managmt Rev., 1989, 14(4), 532-550.
53. Nueno, P. Alliances and other things. R & D Managmt, 1999, 29(4), 319-322.
54. Karlsson, C. and Åhlstr̈m, P. The difficult path to lean product development. J. Product Innovation Managmt, 1996, 13, 283-295.
55. Maslen, R. and Lewis, M. A. Procedural action research. Working Paper 94/1, Institute for Manufacturing, Cambridge, 1994.