Innovativeness: a team knowledge and communication perspective

Debabrata Chatterjee

International Journal of Innovation and Learning, 2012, vol. 12, issue 3, 229-246

Abstract: In this paper, we examine the question of product team development innovativeness by bringing in two important streams of literature - knowledge and team communication. An exploratory survey of R%D teams suggests that a product's innovativeness is improved both by changing components of the product and by increasing communication between team members. The effect of changing components appears to be more uncertain than improving intra-team communication in improving innovativeness. However, the hypothesised interaction effect did not find support from the data. Implications for future research and the management of R%D are discussed.

Keywords: innovativeness; team knowledge; team communication; product modularity; product teams; product development; R%D; research and development; product components; team members; component changing; intra-team communication; interaction effects; innovation; learning. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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