Supplier and Customer Involvement in New Product Development Stages: Implications for New Product Innovation Outcomes

Hakil Moon (), Jean L. Johnson (), Babu John Mariadoss () and John B. Cullen ()
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Hakil Moon: Department of Marketing, College of Business, Eastern Michigan University, 469 Owen Building, Ypsilanti MI 48197, USA
Jean L. Johnson: #x2020;Department of Marketing, Carson College of Business, Washington State University, P. O. Box 644750, Pullman WA 99164, USA
Babu John Mariadoss: #x2020;Department of Marketing, Carson College of Business, Washington State University, P. O. Box 644750, Pullman WA 99164, USA
John B. Cullen: #x2021;Department of Management, Carson College of Business, Washington State University, P. O. Box 644750, Pullman WA 99164, USA

International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management (IJITM), 2018, vol. 15, issue 01, 1-21

Abstract: This paper investigates the relationships among supply chain participants’ involvement at various stages of new product development (NPD) and a firm’s innovation outcomes in terms of number of new product introduction and new product radicalness. A total of 107 questionnaires were collected from a cross-sectional survey of NPD managers. Results show significant impacts of suppliers’ and customers’ involvement on the firm innovation outcomes in the various NPD stages. Suppliers’ involvement in the firm NPD process influences negatively or is not related to firm innovation success in the various NPD stages. However, customers’ involvement affects positively or is not related to firm innovation success in the various NPD stages. This indicates that the distinct features of the various NPD stages make customer or supplier involvement more or less appropriate at each stage. Therefore, this paper provides significant managerial implications for supply chain practitioners regarding with whom, when, and how they set up supply chain strategy to improve their innovation performance.

Keywords: New product development stages; supply chain participants’ involvement; innovation success (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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