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An Input-Process-Output Investigation of NPD Team Performance
Kuester, Sabine
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Schuhmacher, Monika C.
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Lenz, Christine
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Mantel, Julius
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URL:
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http://www.imu-mannheim.de/Shop/AP/?nr=M114e
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Document Type:
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Working paper
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Year of publication:
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2008
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The title of a journal, publication series:
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Management Know-how
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Volume:
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M114e
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Place of publication:
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Mannheim
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Publishing house:
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Inst. für Marktorientierte Unternehmensführung
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Publication language:
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English
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Institution:
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Business School > Marketing & Innovation (Kuester 2005-)
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Subject:
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330 Economics
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Abstract:
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As firms are becoming more aware of product development cycle time, they are
seeking to improve the effectiveness of NPD projects. One factor driving new product
success is NPD team performance. Due to its high importance, managers attach
great importance to the success of teams within the NPD process. Hence, this
research examines team-level influences on team performance in new product
development (NPD) projects. So far, studies on team effectiveness were mainly
conducted in single industry settings and have not been targeting NPD. Also, most
studies were conducted in one cultural environment, mainly US. This limits the
generalization of findings to other industries and countries.
The study builds on findings from team effectiveness as well as innovation literature.
Numerous studies on team effectiveness adopted the input-process-output models
and demonstrated different factors to be important. Thus, we take a cross-sectional
perspective to examine, which factors influence the quality of team interaction and
therefore, NPD team performance. In total, data from 44 NPD teams was collected in
Germany. The results indicate nine factors to be relevant for NPD teams and their
performance. Using multiple regression analysis the relationships between these
factors were investigated. The findings confirm the input-process-output model. Our
results indicate that a clear and common team objective, coherent team guidance, a
functioning internal communication, as well as a good internal collaboration have a
significant effect on NPD team performance. Contrary to previous results, we found
that external interactions had no significant impact on NPD team performance. In
addition, the results show a more distinct classification of internal team processes:
internal communication (quantity of internal team work) as well as internal integration
and internal cooperation (quality of internal team work).
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Kuester, Sabine
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Schuhmacher, Monika C.
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Lenz, Christine
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Mantel, Julius
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Kuester, Sabine
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Schuhmacher, Monika C.
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Lenz, Christine
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Mantel, Julius
ORCID:
Kuester, Sabine  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0985-2288, Schuhmacher, Monika C., Lenz, Christine and Mantel, Julius
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