scholarly journals A Study on Small-Sample Inspection Plan for New Product Quality Evaluation of Finite Population

2015 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jai-Hyun Byun ◽  
Byung-Cheol Shin ◽  
Chang-Woo Lee
Keyword(s):  
Product Quality ◽  
Quality Evaluation ◽  
Finite Population ◽  
New Product ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Inspection Plan ◽  
New Product Quality

scholarly journals Is the formalization of NPD collaboration productive or counterproductive? Contingent effects of trust between partners

2020 ◽  
pp. 234094442091630 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Pemartín ◽  
Ana I Rodríguez-Escudero
Keyword(s):  
Product Quality ◽  
New Product Development ◽  
New Product ◽  
Jel Classification ◽  
Coordination Costs ◽  
Open Question ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
High Coordination ◽  
New Product Quality

New product development (NPD) collaborations with external partners involve high coordination costs and run substantial risks. Formalization seems to be an effective mechanism to mitigate said costs and risks, although the issue of whether formalization actually proves productive or counterproductive remains an open question. This study empirically analyses the direct impact of formalization and the interaction effect between formalization and trust between partners in order to gauge their influence on NPD collaboration performance. Findings indicate that formalization directly boosts the quality and novelty of the new product developed in collaboration, but that it does not affect adherence to schedule. In addition, trust reinforces the productive effect of formalization on new product quality and novelty, and makes the impact of formalization on adherence to schedule positive. However, without trust, we find a null impact of formalization on new product quality and a counterproductive impact on adherence to schedule. These results suggest that formalization and trust may complement each other, reinforcing each other’s positive effect on new product quality and novelty and presenting a positive synergistic effect, while helping to overcome the counterproductive effect of formalization on adherence to schedule. JEL CLASSIFICATION: O32

New Product Quality and Product Development Teams

2000 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajesh Sethi
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Product Quality ◽  
Functional Diversity ◽  
Information Integration ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Time Pressure ◽  
New Product ◽  
Product Development Process ◽  
Major Influence ◽  
New Product Quality

New product quality has been found to have a major influence on the market success and profitability of a new product. Firms are increasingly using cross-functional teams for product development in hopes of improving product quality, yet researchers know little about how such teams affect quality. The author proposes and tests a series of hypotheses regarding how new product quality is affected by team characteristics (functional diversity and information integration) and contextual influences (time pressure, product innovativeness from the firm's perspective, customers’ influence on the product development process, and quality orientation in the firm). The findings reveal that quality is positively related to information integration in the team, customers’ influence on the product development process, and quality orientation in the firm. New product quality is negatively influenced by the innovativeness of the new product from the firm's perspective. However, information integration mitigates the negative effect of innovativeness on quality. Quality orientation weakens the relationship between information integration and quality. Time pressure and functional diversity do not have any effect on product quality.

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