Managing product development

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Contributors; 1. Introduction: Managing Product Development; I. Broad Perspectives of Product Development; 2. New Product Development Effectiveness: A Triadic Comparison in the Information-Technology Industry; 3. The Social Bases of Industrial Innovation and Product Development; 4. International Product Development of Japanese Firms: Product Group Coherence and Internal Isomorphism Matrix; II. Automobile Development; 5. Strategy, Structure, and Performance in Product Development: Observations from the Auto Industry; 6. External Integration in Product Development III. Supplier Involvement7. Incentives for Supplier Participation in Product Development: Evidence from the U.S. Auto Industry; 8. Is Technical Innovation All? A Hidden Meaning of Social Relationships Behind Product Development Stage in the Japanese Automotive Industry; 9. Suppliers' Process Innovation: Understated Aspects of Japanese Industrial Sourcing; IV. Industry Specificities; 10. Magic Bullets and Patent Wars: New Product Development and the Evolution of the Biotechnology Industry 11. Product Development Capability as a Strategic Weapon: Canon's Experience in the Photolithographic Alignment Equipment Industry12. Product Development in the Textile Machinery Industry; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Z