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The role of integrative capabilities in involving suppliers in New Product Development: a knowledge integration perspective

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  • Sarah Jinhui Wu
  • Gary L. Ragatz

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Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) aims to facilitate New Product Development (NPD) success and create competitive advantage for the purchasing firm. Unfortunately, empirical results are inconsistent in verifying the linkage between ESI and NPD success. To solve this paradox, this paper views ESI as a knowledge integration process and examines the role of the purchasing firm's integrative capabilities in the process. Competing models are proposed and tested. The results demonstrate that NPD success depends not only on the supplier's knowledge and expertise, but also on the purchasing firm's integrative capabilities to absorb knowledge and increase efficiency of knowledge integration.

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  • Sarah Jinhui Wu & Gary L. Ragatz, 2010. "The role of integrative capabilities in involving suppliers in New Product Development: a knowledge integration perspective," International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 19(1/2), pages 82-101.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijmtma:v:19:y:2010:i:1/2:p:82-101
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    1. Robert Suurmond & Finn Wynstra & Jan Dul, 2020. "Unraveling the Dimensions of Supplier Involvement and their Effects on NPD Performance: A Meta‐Analysis," Journal of Supply Chain Management, Institute for Supply Management, vol. 56(3), pages 26-46, July.
    2. Dekkers, Rob & Chang, C.M. & Kreutzfeldt, Jochen, 2013. "The interface between “product design and engineering” and manufacturing: A review of the literature and empirical evidence," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 144(1), pages 316-333.
    3. Su-Yol Lee, 2016. "Responsible supply chain management in the Asian context: the effects on relationship commitment and supplier performance," Asia Pacific Business Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 22(2), pages 325-342, April.
    4. Li, Wenli & Humphreys, Paul K. & Yeung, Andy C.L. & Cheng, T.C.E., 2012. "The impact of supplier development on buyer competitive advantage: A path analytic model," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 135(1), pages 353-366.

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