The contingent roles of R&D–sales versus R&D–marketing cooperation in new-product development of business-to-business firms

Christian Homburg, Sascha Alavi, Thomas Rajab and Jan Wieseke

International Journal of Research in Marketing, 2017, vol. 34, issue 1, 212-230

Abstract: This investigation explores the effectiveness of R&D–marketing cooperation as compared to R&D–sales cooperation for new-product development under different market and organizational circumstances in business-to-business settings. Using a cross-industry dyadic data set of 230 industrial firms, we show that the effects of R&D–marketing and R&D–sales cooperation on new-product advantage vary significantly, depending on the velocity of the market environment, company strategy, and R&D characteristics. Specifically, R&D–marketing cooperation exhibits a stronger association with new-product advantage if firms follow a cost leadership strategy, if R&D holds high power levels regarding new-product decisions, and if R&D collectivism is strongly pronounced. Conversely, R&D–sales cooperation exhibits a stronger effect on new-product advantage if technological turbulence is pronounced in the market, if the firm follows a differentiation strategy, and if R&D is influential in firm-wide budgeting decisions. These results may help firms decide which R&D cooperation type might be encouraged to maximize innovation success in a given situation.

Keywords: Sales; Marketing; Research and development; Cross-functional cooperation; New-product development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijresmar.2016.05.008

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