In recent years crowdsourcing has increased in popularity as a method for gathering ideas for new innovations and providing solutions to existing problems. This means that firms apply the wisdom of crowds to certain tasks and challenges. Various crowdsourcing initiatives and platforms seem to...

This paper explores the question; "how do companies know that they are making effective use of their product design and development function?" Research carried out at the University of Nottingham over the last three years has led to the development of the Performance Measurement for Product...

Purpose – This research aims to develop a model for describing and analysing materials supply systems (MSSs) design in product development projects (PDPs). Design/methodology/approach – Literature on materials supply and production systems design is reviewed in order to derive a MSSs design...

Success in product development can be considered a general aim for any R&D activity. Unfortunately, success is very multidimensional. Which dimensions of success one should include and how one can measure these dimensions is an essential question that must be resolved within R&D management. The...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the intermingling of new product development and strategy making which are interpreted as co-evolutionary processes where self-organisation and emergence are significant phenomena. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on an...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the drivers that induce companies to change their rules for managing product development. Most companies use a form of rule-based management approach, but surprisingly little is known about what makes companies change these rules....

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to present Line Logic™ as a means of developing and building a company's portfolio of products. Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses a sporting goods company in the USA as a case study to portray the implementation of Line Logic™. Findings...

Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to describe a practice that has implications for increasing product innovation in a variety of industries Design/methodology/approach – The case describes an aspect of the new product development process that has particular application to a specific...