Functional Diversity, Absorptive Capability and Product Success: The Moderating Role of Project Complexity in New Product Development Teams

2015 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 90-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Atif Açıkgöz ◽  
Ayşe Günsel ◽  
Cemil Kuzey ◽  
Gökhan Seçgin
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
New Product Development ◽  
Functional Diversity ◽  
New Product ◽  
Product Success ◽  
New Product Development Teams ◽  
Development Teams ◽  
Project Complexity ◽  
Moderating Role

Driver or inhibitor for innovation?

Kybernetes ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 359-368
Author(s):  
Anja Kreidler ◽  
Meike Tilebein
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Simulation Model ◽  
New Product Development ◽  
Functional Diversity ◽  
New Product ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Team Diversity ◽  
New Product Development Teams ◽  
Development Teams ◽  
Product Development Teams

Purpose Literature is unanimous about the effects of functional diversity in new product development teams. This paper uses simulation modeling to investigate the contradictory and dynamic effects of functional team diversity on innovation revealed by empirical literature. This paper aims to start a discussion on this dynamic perspective of team diversity. Design/methodology/approach This paper presents a systemic approach toward investigating the contradictory and dynamic effects of functional team diversity on innovation by creating a simplified System Dynamics model of functional diversity in new product development teams. Findings Although the simulation model is highly simplified, it can integrate the contradictory results of empirical data and the dynamic component of teamwork. Therefore, it offers a new approach to investigating the effects of functional diversity on team innovation. Research limitations/implications The model is highly simplified and exemplary. No actual data are included, thus limiting the results as fully theoretical. Originality/value Empirical studies often analyze the effects of functional diversity on innovation in new product development teams. However, empirical data are unclear regarding the nature of the effects of functional diversity on innovation. Therefore, functional diversity is chosen for the simulation model as being the most controversially discussed diversity attribute. By applying a simulation model to the problem and adding a dynamic component to teamwork, we are contributing to the explanation for the contradictory findings in literature.

scholarly journals Innovative Open Spaces Impact on New Product Development Teams

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hélène Sicotte ◽  
Andrée De Serres ◽  
Virginie Ménard ◽  
Hélène Delerue
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
New Product Development ◽  
New Product ◽  
Open Spaces ◽  
New Product Development Teams ◽  
Development Teams ◽  
Product Development Teams
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