Collaboration is an essential element of new product development (NPD). This research examines the associations between four types of information technology (IT) tools and new product development (NPD) collaboration. The relationships between NPD practices and NPD collaboration are also...

Many firms today compete on their ability to deliver customer orders quickly and reliably. While researchers have proposed numerous factors believed to affect delivery performance, little empirical research has examined such factors using longitudinal data from real world manufacturing...