Recent studies on design management have helped us to better comprehend how
companies can apply design to get closer to users and to better understand their needs; this …

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 …

Firms are increasingly sourcing innovation from their supply chain partners. Meanwhile,
supply chains have evolved into complex networks, which complicates the role that supply …

Cisco is regarded as one of the world's most innovative companies. It does very little
research and acquires most of its technology from external sources. After Solow (1957) had …

A supply base is defined as the portion of a supply network that is actively managed by a
buying company. The buying company, referred to as the focal company, manages the …

This paper aims to investigate the effects of supplier collaboration on the firm innovation
performance as well as the enabling characteristics of the purchasing function. This is an …

The relationship and network literature has primarily focused on particular partner types, for
example, buyer–supplier relationships or competitor interaction. This article explores the …

The emergence of a “second wave” of developing country multinational enterprises (MNEs)
in a variety of industries is one of the characterizing features of globalization. This paper …

The mirroring hypothesis predicts that organizational ties within a project, firm, or group of
firms (eg, communication, collocation, employment) will correspond to the technical …

Existing studies of supplier involvement in new product development have mainly focused
on project‐related short‐term processes and success factors. This study validates and …