Essays about: "R NPD"

Showing result 11 - 13 of 13 essays containing the words R NPD.

  1. 11. Early Customer Involvement in Innovation : A case study of the I.T industry

    University essay from Ekonomihögskolan, ELNU

    Author : Sylvain Bienvenu Penn; Christopher-Luther Mukete; [2011]
    Keywords : Innovation; Sources of Innovation; New Product Development; Front end of Innovation; Customer Involvement; Competitive advantage.;

    Abstract : The Front End of innovation (FEI) or early innovation presents one of the greatest opportunities for improving an entire innovation process in any firm. The purpose of this thesis is to study how customers can be involved in the early phase of innovation in the IT industry. READ MORE

  3. 12. Driving Forces of Outsourcing New Product Development and Its Implications

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Yushan Xu; [2010]
    Keywords : new product development; transaction cost economics; knowledge based theory; resource based theory; Outsourcing; Business and Economics; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This paper addresses how firms make decision of outsourcing knowledge-intensive activities such as new products development (NPD). Through the employment of transaction cost economics, resource based theory and knowledge based theories, a conceptual decision model is presented, and key factors which influence the decision making process are proposed and compared to the arguments generated from empirical studies. READ MORE

  4. 13. Creative Control : How to Manage Innovation and New Product Development

    University essay from Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Heta-Liisa Haapanen; Ulla Kaukonen; [2010]
    Keywords : new product development; innovation; output control; behaviour control; cultural control; management style; control mechanisms.;

    Abstract : The topic of this research is to explore to what extent innovation and new product development (NPD) are managed with formal and informal control mechanisms respectively and in combination in five international food industry companies. The topic deals with finding an understanding of controlling innovation processes which require freedom to some extent but at the same time are to be managed in order to keep track of the resources. READ MORE