scholarly journals HOW TO USE ANALOGIES FOR BREAKTHROUGH INNOVATIONS

2005 ◽  
Vol 02 (03) ◽  
pp. 331-347 ◽  
Author(s):  
CORNELIUS HERSTATT ◽  
KATHARINA KALOGERAKIS
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
New Product Development ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
New Product ◽  
Theoretical Work ◽  
Specific Context ◽  
Lotus Effect ◽  
Analogical Thinking ◽  
Innovation Projects ◽  
Breakthrough Innovation

Analogies can trigger breakthrough ideas in new product development. Numerous examples demonstrate that substantial innovations often result from transferring problem solutions from one industry or domain to another. For instance, the designers of the new running show generation of Nike, "Nike SHOX", use the same suspension concept like the technologies applied for formula 1 racing cars, or the biological Lotus-effect leading to the evelopment of various self-cleaning surfaces. Academic research on analogical thinking has been so far heavily influenced by general theoretical work from cognitive psychology or systematic inventing. Only a small number of studies have investigated the application of analogies in the specific context of breakthrough innovation projects. This paper focuses on the question on how analogies can be systematically used in the early innovation phases of new product development and which factors influence the successful use of analogical thinking in innovating companies. Special attention is paid to organizational facilitators and the requests on people involved in this process.

scholarly journals Leveraging social media in new product development: organisational learning processes, mechanisms and evidence from China

2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (5) ◽  
pp. 671-695 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuanzhu Zhan ◽  
Kim Hua Tan ◽  
Leanne Chung ◽  
Lujie Chen ◽  
Xinjie Xing
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Product Development ◽  
New Product Development ◽  
Social Presence ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
New Product ◽  
Organisational Learning ◽  
Learning Mechanisms ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Study Approach

PurposeThe main purpose of this paper is to investigate how social media can provide important platforms to facilitate organisational learning and innovation in new product development (NPD) process.Design/methodology/approachUsing a multiple case-study approach, this study assesses qualitative data collected via 56 interviews from 13 world-leading Chinese companies in the high-technology industry.FindingsThe study identified three distinct types of organisational learning mechanisms for firms to extract potential innovation inherent in social media. It further determined various organisational enablers that facilitate the connections between these mechanisms and NPD performance.Research limitations/implicationsThis research contributes to the emerging literature on digital product development and organisational learning. The cases were conducted in the Chinese context, hence, the results may not be fully generalisable to other organisations, industries and countries without appropriate re-contextualisation.Practical implicationsThe empirical evidence showcases the various mechanisms adopted by managers in different NPD phases. It identifies several technological and organisational adaptations that managers can apply to smartly scale their social presence and facilitate NPD.Originality/valueDespite the exponential growth of social media use in identifying and interacting with external stakeholders, managerial practice and academic research have paid little attention to how social media can be leveraged for NPD. The value of this research comes from applying a qualitative method to gain in-depth insights into the mechanisms for leveraging social media to facilitate innovation in NPD.

scholarly journals Role of traditional Chinese philosophies and new product development under circular economy in private manufacturing enterprise performance

2019 ◽  
Vol 57 (23) ◽  
pp. 7219-7234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nachiappan Subramanian ◽  
Angappa Gunasekaran ◽  
Lin Wu ◽  
Tinghua Shen
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
New Product Development ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
New Product ◽  
Process Performance ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Relationship

The new product development (NPD) process–performance link has been sufficiently studied in academic research. However, recent NPD process is significantly different from the conventional NPD specifically with the inclusion of sustainability considerations under circular economy (CE) context. In theory, NPD with CE considerations (CE-NPD), compared with the conventional NPD, is associated with higher costs and longer development times. This study empirically examines the effect of the CE-NPD process on both time-to-market (TTM) and profit performance in the context of Chinese private enterprises. In addition, the role of traditional Chinese philosophies of Confucianism and Taoism in influencing the CE-NPD process–performance link is also investigated. We find that Confucianism positively moderates the relationship between the CE-NPD process and TTM performance. However, it negatively moderates the CE-NPD-profit link. On the other hand, the moderating effect of Taoism is negative on both the CE-NPD-TTM and CE-NPD-profit links. An interesting finding of this study is that the coexistence of Confucian and Taoist values in NPD workers has the strongest positive impact on the relationship between the CE-NPD process and performance. Our study provides insights on the way in which companies should plan to apply Chinese philosophies during the CE-NPD process to maximise the benefits.

Agile Stage-Gate Hybrid Framework for New Product Development

2021 ◽  
pp. 549-563
Author(s):  
Fotis C. Kitsios ◽  
Maria Kamariotou
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Product Development ◽  
New Product Development ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
System Development ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
New Product ◽  
Hybrid Framework ◽  
New Research ◽  
Agile Software

The search for appropriate New Product Development (NPD) models or different approaches has become a new emerging topic both for scholars and practitioners. One of the latest results of these researches on NPD management is agile, to manage the increasing complexity of the NPD process. Physical product development, however, is much different from software development. Agile software development has been utilized to answer the challenges of software system development in spite of the lack of empirical evidence from academic research. The purpose of this chapter is to provide a systematic approach regarding the implementation of the Stage-Gate model and agile software in NPD process. Authors derived recommendations for practitioners who want to study Stage-Gate and agile methods in NPD and a research agenda for academics that highlights the need for further research in this area. In addition, the resulting systematic overview is useful as a reference work for researchers in the field of NPD and helps them identify both related work and new research opportunities in this field.

scholarly journals The role of cross-functional integration in new product development: differences between incremental and radical innovation projects

Innovation ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Jugend ◽  
Tiago Ribeiro de Araujo ◽  
Márcio Lopes Pimenta ◽  
José Alcides Gobbo ◽  
Per Hilletofth
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
New Product Development ◽  
Functional Integration ◽  
New Product ◽  
Radical Innovation ◽  
Innovation Projects

scholarly journals THE USER-DRIVEN MINIMUM FEASIBLE PRODUCT – TOWARDS A NOVEL APPROACH ON USER INTEGRATION

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 1495-1504
Author(s):  
S. J. Nicklas ◽  
A. Atzberger ◽  
J. C. Briede-Westermeyer ◽  
K. Paetzold
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
New Product Development ◽  
Information Exchange ◽  
New Product ◽  
Specific Context ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Communication Gap ◽  
User Integration

AbstractUser integration is a key aspect of new product development. When applying corresponding methods, however, there is a communication gap that needs to be overcome by the designer. Prototyping is a means to bridge this disjunction, yet brings its own set of hermeneutic limitations. Taking a closer look at the processual information exchange, we propose the concept of the user-driven minimum feasible product (UD-MFP). It describes the artefact generated by the users themselves in their specific context, which contains the essence of the problem's solution as a possible source of validation.

scholarly journals Organizational linkages for new product development: Implementation of innovation projects

2016 ◽  
Vol 69 (6) ◽  
pp. 2093-2100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teresa Cometto ◽  
Arsalan Nisar ◽  
Miguel Palacios ◽  
Kenneth Le Meunier-FitzHugh ◽  
Gaston J. Labadie
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
New Product Development ◽  
New Product ◽  
Innovation Projects ◽  
Organizational Linkages

National Culture and New Product Development: An Integrative Review

1996 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheryl Nakata ◽  
K. Sivakumar
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
National Culture ◽  
New Product Development ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Power Distance ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
New Product ◽  
Five Dimensions ◽  
The One ◽  
The Relationship

The increasing globalization of markets and businesses and the criticality of new products to business performance make the relationship between national culture and new product development an important area for academic research and managerial practice. By means of a literature review, the authors attempt to provide an understanding of this relationship in terms of the links between new product development on the one hand and the five dimensions of national culture—individualism, power distance, masculinity, uncertainty avoidance, and Confucian dynamic—on the other. They advance several propositions for additional research, develop a conceptual model, and identify directions for further exploration of the relationship.

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