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Managing product development
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New York : Oxford University Press, 1996
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9780195074383
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This book brings together the work of leading international researchers in the field of product innovation and development and provides a comprehensive range of studies in successful product development in different industries. It will be indispensable reading for academics in the field of innovation and technology management, and for professionals in industry responsible for product development.


Author Notes

Toshihiro Nishiguchi is at Hitotsubashi University.


Table of Contents

Contributors
1 Introduction: Managing Product DevelopmentToshihiro Nishiguchi
I Broad Perspectives of Product Development
2 New Product Development Effectiveness: A Triadic Comparison in the Information-Technology IndustryYves Doz
3 The Social Bases of Industrial Innovation and Product DevelopmentMarc Maurice
4 International Product Development of Japanese Firms: Product Group Coherence and Internal Isomorphism MatrixKiyonori Sakakibara and D. Eleanor Westney and Masaru Kosaka
II Automobile Development
5 Strategy, Structure, and Performance in Product Development: Observations from the Auto IndustryMichael A. Cusumano and Kentaro Nobeoka
6 External Integration in Product DevelopmentTakahiro Fujimoto and Marco Iansiti and Kim B. Clark
III Supplier Involvement
7 Incentives for Supplier Participation in Product Development: Evidence from the U.S. Auto IndustrySusan Helper
8 Is Technical Innovation All? A Hidden Meaning of Social Relationships Behind Product Development Stage in the Japanese Automotive IndustryShoichiro Sei
9 Suppliers' Process Innovation: Understated Aspects of Japanese Industrial SourcingToshihiro Nishiguchi and Masayoshi Ikeda
IV Industry Specificities
10 Magic Bullets and Patent Wars: New Product Development and the Evolution of the Biotechnology IndustryWalter W. Powell and Peter Brantley
11 Product Development Capability as a Strategic Weapon: Canon's Experience in the Photolithographic Alignment Equipment IndustryRebecca Henderson
12 Product Development in the Textile Machinery IndustryArnoud De Meyer
Index