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The Effects of Outsourcing, Offshoring, and Distributed Product Development Organization on Coordinating the NPD ProcessEdward G. AndersonUniversity of Texas at Austin - Department of Information, Risk and Operations Management Alison Davis-BlakeUniversity of Minnesota - Twin Cities Sinan ErzurumluBabson College - Technology, Operations and Information Management Division (TOIM) Nitin JoglekarBoston University - Department of Operations and Technology Management Geoffrey ParkerTulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business January 17, 2007 HANDBOOK ON NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT, C. Loch, S. Kavadias, eds., Elsevier, 2007 Abstract: Outsourcing arrangements continue to evolve from peripheral activities, such as food services and back office transaction processing, to encompass more core activities such as new product development. Some arrangements maintain a clear lead organization while others, such as open source networks, are less centralized. We develop a framework identify the specific impact of different outsourcing arrangements on the search, selection, transformation, and coordination processes involved in new product development new product development.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 23 Keywords: outsourcing, offshoring, product development, distributed product development, modularity, product design JEL Classification: D2, L2, M1 Accepted Paper SeriesDate posted: August 27, 2008Suggested CitationContact Information
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