Organisational patterns in new product development: contrasting The Netherlands, Finland and Portugal

Petra C. De Weerd-Nederhof, Ger J. Bos, Klaasjan Visscher, Jorge Gomes and Tauno Kekale

International Journal of Business Innovation and Research, 2007, vol. 1, issue 3, 315-336

Abstract: Companies pursuing competitive advantage through continuous innovation are confronted with the tension between today's work and tomorrow's innovation. This paper reports on the search for so-called patterns in NPD. In order to investigate whether different types of consistent NPD configurations might be identified through a quantitative research design, a quick scan using a structured questionnaire was carried out in Dutch, Portuguese and Finnish firms (n = 82). The results highlight some practices in NPD configurations that could be related to key success factors identified in best practice studies, such as a dedicated project organisation, an organisational culture fostering personal engagement and encouraging individuality and creativity, and a strategic NPD programme with a long-term thrust. The results also indicate a pattern of variety among the different countries and a first indication of possible relationships between NPD strategy, structure and culture based on a bivariate correlation analysis.

Keywords: new product development; NPD; contingency theory; NPD configurations; innovation; organisational design; organisational culture; The Netherlands; Portugal; Finland; critical success factors; best practice. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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