How organizational structure and strategic alignment influence new product success

2020 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 182-200
Author(s):  
Yung-Chang Hsiao ◽  
Ming-Ho Wu
Keyword(s):  
New Product Development ◽  
Information Service ◽  
New Product ◽  
Product Performance ◽  
Curvilinear Relationship ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Product Success ◽  
New Product Performance ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review and re-examine the role of the organization-level determinants from the perspectives of competence-based views. Design/methodology/approach Regression analysis was used to test the hypotheses in a sample of 80 cases drawn from a population of the top 5,000 Taiwanese firms listed in the yearbook published by the China Credit Information Service Incorporation. Findings The empirical results indicate that formalization is positively related to new product performance while decentralization has an inverse U-shaped curvilinear effect on new product performance. Furthermore, the regression findings also indicate that market-oriented strategy negatively moderates the relationship between formalization and new product performance, while technology-oriented strategy positively moderates the curvilinear relationship between decentralization and new product performance. Originality/value Extant literatures have paid attention to investigating the determinants to the performance of the new product development, but some of the results, such as in the organizational levels, are confusing and mixed. Contrary to previous works, the purpose of this paper is to review and re-examine the role of the organization levels determinants from the perspectives of competence-based view.

The mediating role of ambidextrous capability in learning orientation and new product performance

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 613-624 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing-Wen Huang ◽  
Yong-Hui Li
Keyword(s):  
New Product Development ◽  
New Product ◽  
Product Performance ◽  
Learning Orientation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
New Product Performance ◽  
Potential Mediator ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose Learning orientation is critical in new product development. However, research has disregarded how learning orientation operates via the potential mediator to influence new product performance. The purpose of this study is to examine the mediating role of ambidextrous capability in the relationship between learning orientation and new product performance. Design/methodology/approach The empirical study uses a questionnaire approach designed to collect data for testing research hypotheses. This study tests the hypotheses using structural equation model in a sample of 336 firms in Taiwan. Findings The findings indicate that learning orientation relates positively to ambidextrous capability and new product performance. Ambidextrous capability, in turn, relates positively to new product performance. The results also support the argument that ambidextrous capability plays a mediating role in learning orientation and new product performance. Originality/value The value of this study is to identify ambidextrous capability as the potential mediator in the relationship between learning orientation and new product performance. The results enrich the understanding of learning orientation in new product project teams and suggest important implications for new product development and future research.

New product performance and the benefit of periodically changing the relative influence balance between marketing and R&D

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 179-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederik B.I. Situmeang ◽  
Mark A.A.M. Leenders ◽  
Nachoem M. Wijnberg
Keyword(s):  
New Product Development ◽  
New Product ◽  
Product Performance ◽  
Relative Influence ◽  
Senior Managers ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
New Product Performance ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the relationship between changes in relative influence between marketing and R&D and new product performance (NPP). The aim is to theorize and test whether relative influence changes are beneficial for NPP. Design/methodology/approach An international survey was sent out to pharmaceutical companies worldwide, resulting in 106 usable questionnaires from knowledgeable senior managers. A model is estimated that relates recent and historic changes in relative influence to NPP. Findings There is a positive relationship between recent relative influence changes and subsequent NPP. Moreover, this paper finds that having a history of adaptation with respect to relative influence can serve organizations to build up capabilities that, in turn, strengthen the positive effects of recent relative influence changes on NPP. Finally, the paper shows that relative influence changes and integration between marketing and R&D positively affect NPP jointly. Originality/value A core finding, that is quite counterintuitive, is that instability with respect to relative influence changes can help organizations to become more competitive in new product development.

scholarly journals Moderating Role of Environmental Settings in Relationship Between Product Innovativeness and Its Performance During the Launch

2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-54
Author(s):  
Indrė Brazauskaitė ◽  
Viltė Auruškevičienė
Keyword(s):  
New Product ◽  
Product Performance ◽  
Product Innovativeness ◽  
Sales Channel ◽  
Channel Characteristics ◽  
New Product Performance ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role ◽  
Commercial Environment

AbstractThe current research depicts the relationship between new product innovativeness and its performance, which was addressed in previous studies; yet the results remain contradictive with little focus on environmental settings. The paper aims to reveal the role of commercial environment towards new product performance, which allows forecasting the performance on the basis of expected settings and exploring the link between new product innovativeness and its performance in a more detailed way. In the study, moderating environmental settings are defined as a set of marketplace characteristics on market level, company commercial characteristics, and a set of sales channel characteristics on retailer’s category level. Research contributes to the following areas: reveals the role of environment towards performance and allows forecasting new product performance on the basis of expected settings.

The effects of social capital on knowledge heterogeneity

2019 ◽  
Vol 57 (5) ◽  
pp. 1237-1253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fu-Sheng Tsai ◽  
I-Chieh Hsu
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
New Product Development ◽  
New Product ◽  
Shared Vision ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Epistemological Dimension

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the influences of social capital on knowledge heterogeneity in order to advance the understanding of the effects and to reconcile existing inconsistent findings. Design/methodology/approach Survey data collected from 105 new product development (NPD) projects were analyzed with regression-based methods. Findings The results indicated that trust, centralization and shared vision as the three social capital dimensions generally have negative impacts on the domain and presentation dimensions of knowledge heterogeneity. However, the three dimensions of social capital do not exhibit consistent influences on the tacitness heterogeneity (i.e. an epistemological dimension of knowledge heterogeneity). Research limitations/implications More research is needed to explore the role of social capital dimensions in developing a range of knowledge attributes of NPD teams, among which knowledge heterogeneity is one. The various dimensions of knowledge an NPD team possesses should have performance implications and deserve future investigation. Originality/value The study is one of the first documented attempts to demonstrate contingencies in the relationship between social capital and knowledge heterogeneity. The effect of social capital on knowledge heterogeneity should be understood at the level of dimensions of the two respective constructs.

Perceptions of product advantage, NPD and organisational performance

2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Healy ◽  
Ann Ledwith ◽  
Michele O'Dwyer
Keyword(s):  
New Product Development ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
New Product ◽  
Product Performance ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Organisational Performance ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
New Product Performance

Purpose – This paper aims to extend previous studies on new product development (NPD) performance by identifying the product advantage, new product performance and organisational performance indicators that are considered by small and medium-sized firms (SMEs) to be most relevant to their performance. Design/methodology/approach – A quantitative research approach was adopted, using a cross-sectional survey of a sample of 137 firms representing the industry sectors active within the Irish economy. The research instrument was based on existing recognised research measures. Findings – The results suggest that: large firms consider that their products derive advantage through product quality and cost, while SMEs are more concerned with satisfying customer needs; larger firms concentrate on market measures in measuring new product performance, while SMEs focus on customer acceptance measures; and in measuring organisational performance larger firms focus on market share and profitability, while SMEs concentrate on profitability and sales growth. Research limitations/implications – This study identifies the aspects of product advantage, new product performance and organisational performance on which firms concentrate, thereby increasing our ability to redirect their focus from what they consider to be important, to what will have an impact on their firm's performance. Originality/value – This study identifies the aspects of product advantage, new product performance and organisational performance on which firms concentrate, thereby increasing our ability to redirect their focus from what they consider to be important, to what will have an impact on their firm's performance.

Customer involvement and new product performance

2016 ◽  
Vol 116 (8) ◽  
pp. 1700-1718 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taiwen Feng ◽  
Di Cai ◽  
Zhenglin Zhang ◽  
Bing Liu
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
New Product ◽  
Product Performance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Performance Effect ◽  
Customer Involvement ◽  
New Product Performance ◽  
Joint Influence ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the joint influence of technological newness (TN) and market newness (MN) on the relationship between customer involvement (CI) and new product performance. Design/methodology/approach The authors employed hierarchical moderated regression analysis to test the hypothesized relationships using survey data collected from 214 Chinese manufacturing firms. Findings The authors found that the impact of CI on new product performance varies across the different configurations of TN and MN. Specifically, the performance effect of CI is most positive under low TN and high MN, while the performance effect is least positive under low TN and low MN. Originality/value This study enriches CI research by identifying different configurations of product innovativeness that augment or limit the value of CI.

scholarly journals Identifying the resource conditions that maximize the relationship between ambidexterity and new product performance

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (8) ◽  
pp. 1038-1050 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nima Heirati ◽  
Aron O’Cass ◽  
Phyra Sok
Keyword(s):  
New Product Development ◽  
New Product ◽  
Product Performance ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Organizational Ambidexterity ◽  
Content Type ◽  
New Product Performance ◽  
High Technology Firms ◽  
Resource Conditions

Purpose Organizational ambidexterity is argued to be a prerequisite for successful new product development, especially for firms operating in highly competitive emerging markets. Despite growing attention to the importance of ambidexterity, the conditions under which specific forms of ambidexterity are more or less beneficial to new product performance (NPP) remain unclear. This study aims to investigate the contingent value of two specific resource conditions that favor the pursuit of the balanced dimension versus combined dimension of ambidexterity to achieve superior NPP. Design/methodology/approach Survey data were drawn from a sample of 156 high-tech large firms operating in the Middle East and tested through a hierarchical regression analysis. Findings This study highlights the important role of slack resources and social networking capability in enhancing the benefits of the combined dimension of ambidexterity over the balanced dimension of ambidexterity to drive NPP. Originality/value This study extends prior research which has mainly examined organizational characteristics that facilitates organizational ambidexterity and sheds light on the specific resource conditions under which high-technology firms operating in an emerging economy should pursue balanced dimension of ambidexterity or combined dimension of ambidexterity to achieve superior NPP.

scholarly journals Guanxi, Co-Production and New Product Performance: a Moderated Mediating Effect Model

2020 ◽  
Vol 214 ◽  
pp. 02051
Author(s):  
Xie Minglei
Keyword(s):  
New Product Development ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Dynamic Environment ◽  
New Product ◽  
River Delta ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Product Performance ◽  
New Product Performance ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Guanxi is an important channel for small and medium-sized enterprises（SMEs）to obtain external resources, but literatures did not pay much attention on the impact of Guanxi on the mechanism of enterprise innovation. This paper examines the mediating effect of the relationship on co-production in the process of new product development by examining the sample data of 275 small and medium enterprises from the Yangtze river delta and the pearl river delta in China, and further examines the moderating effect of dynamic environment. It is found that the relationship can directly improve the performance of new products of SMEs, and can also play an indirect role through co-production. Dynamic environments enhance the relationship between co-production and new product performance.

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