In the literature on interorganizational collaboration in product development, considerable
attention is given to supplier role classifications. Such classifications often link to a supplier's …

Effective product development requires firms to unify internal and external participants. As
companies attempt to create this integrated environment, two important questions emerge …

This study tests a path analytic model of buyer–supplier relationships, linking the supplier's
level of trust to three categories of inter-firm cooperative behaviors and these behaviors to …

In many industries, firms are striving to integrate material suppliers earlier into the new
product/process development process. This involvement may range from simple …

Within the last decade, the rapid rate of technological change, shortened product life cycles,
and globalization of markets have resulted in renewed executive focus on new product …

Purchasing organizations are exposed to risk in their interactions with suppliers, whether it is
recognized and managed, addressed in a cursory manner, or altogether ignored. In order to …

Past studies in supply chain management have focused on dyadic relationships (eg, buyer–
supplier), as all relationships in a network begin with a dyad. However, dyads do not capture …

The focus of this paper is on purchasing and supplier involvement in the firm. Using the
resource‐base view of the firm, hypotheses are developed concerning purchasing/supplier …

In many industries, firms are looking for ways to cut concept‐to‐customer development time,
to improve quality, and to reduce the cost of new products. One approach shown to be …

Suppliers have become an increasingly important source of product and process innovation.
While case studies have documented how supplier innovation can benefit a manufacturer …