Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore and characterize knowledge integration approaches for integrating external knowledge of suppliers into new product development projects. Design/methodology/approach This paper is based on a multiple, in-depth case study of six product development...

Although natural resources, such as forests, ores, and agriculture crops, are essential for emerging market firms to build innovation capabilities that contribute to their global competitive advantage, existing innovation research has mainly built on studies of emerging market firms in...