The performance impact of intra-firm organizational design on an alliance's NPD projects |
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| Authors: | Yuosre F Badir Bettina Büchel Christopher L Tucci |
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| Institution: | aSchool of Management, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), P.O. Box 4, Klong Luang, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand;bInternational Institute for Management Development (IMD), Ch. de Bellerive 23, CH-1001 Lausanne, Switzerland;cChair in Corporate Strategy & Innovation, College of Management of Technology, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), College of Management of Technology, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland |
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| Abstract: | This research contributes to the intra-organization, inter-organization, and new product development (NPD) management literature by studying the impact of a firm's internal organizational design on the communication within and performance of NPD projects conducted with strategic alliance partners. The empirical data were collected from three in-depth case studies of network lead companies (NLCs) operating in different industries. The three NLCs have different internal organizational designs, ranging from very flexible “organic” to very rigid “mechanistic.” In each NLC, a successful new-to-firm product development project was chosen for further detailed investigation. First, we identify the role the alliance's NPD project characteristics and industry characteristics play in determining the “intensity level” and “media richness” of communication required between the alliance's NPD project partners. Then, we examine how the internal organizational design influences the actual intensity and media richness of communication of the alliance's NPD project that matches our assumptions of what is required. |
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| Keywords: | New product development Inter-firm network Communication Organizational design Media richness |
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