he fears revealing his proprietary cost information. We investigate how information asymmetry and procurement contracting … contracting strategies, and identify a simple strategy, expected margin commitment (EMC), that effectively promotes collaboration …. The manufacturer prefers EMC if collaboration leads to a large reduction in unit cost and/or demand variability is low …

mathematical model that treats testing as an activity that generates information about technical and customer-need related problems …

members of the firm external to the team. If this paucity of external communication means that the team has the information it … communication among marketing, engineering, and manufacturing. This paper examines communication patterns for two matched product …. Our data suggest that QFD enhances communication levels within the core team (marketing, engineering, manufacturing). QFD …

not the components most closely tied to success, overall performance may in fact suffer. The decision-making process is …This paper describes a phenomenon called "locally rational" decision-making, in which the mere presence of information … may have dysfunctional consequences even if decision makers do not process the information incorrectly. Using the results …

Operating units must communicate their private information regarding decisions to be taken in organizations. This paper … characterizes the optimal communication structures assuming that (i) a decision maker is fired whenever he makes a decision that … proves wrong ex post relative to the status quo; and (ii) direct communication in a group of kunits may result in the loss of …

This paper explores the linkages between key features of the new product development (NPD) process and NPD performance … and suggests ways of designing the process to improve performance. Using a stochastic computer model, we examine, under … varying uncertainty conditions, how the key features of overlapping and functional interaction affect the performance measures …

withdrawing autonomy is negatively correlated with both task and process aspects of team performance. The determinants of …

, and selecting performance objectives. Second, we conduct a meta-analysis to evaluate relationships between specific IPD … characteristics and project performance. We indicate where relationships do or do not exist and identify variables that may moderate …