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

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  • Petra C. De Weerd-Nederhof
  • Ger J. Bos
  • Klaasjan Visscher
  • Jorge F.S. Gomes
  • Tauno Kekale

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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.

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  • Petra C. De Weerd-Nederhof & Ger J. Bos & Klaasjan Visscher & Jorge F.S. Gomes & Tauno Kekale, 2007. "Organisational patterns in new product development: contrasting The Netherlands, Finland and Portugal," International Journal of Business Innovation and Research, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 1(3), pages 315-336.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijbire:v:1:y:2007:i:3:p:315-336
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