Perspectives On Supplier Innovation: Theories, Concepts And Empirical Insights On Open Innovation And The Integration Of Suppliers

by Alexander Brem, Joe Tidd

Overview

Hardly anybody outside a company knows its products and processes better than its suppliers. Research confirms that intensive integration of suppliers in the value creation process positively influences the success of the company, particularly in highly competitive industries. This is a result of the progressing reduction in the depth of value creation of manufacturers and the increasing transfer of know-how towards suppliers. In multilevel business-to-business relationships, suppliers often have the best or the only access and comprehensive knowledge about the end users. Therefore, suppliers determine the scope of possible innovations, which most companies do not actively use.This unique volume provides a comprehensive overview of theories, concepts and especially empirical results on open innovation and the integration of suppliers. For this, authors from all over the world present their latest research results offering fascinating insights into collaborative approaches with suppliers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781848168992
Publisher:	Imperial College Press
Publication date:	09/18/2012
Series:	Series On Technology Management , #18
Pages:	712
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.70(d)

Table of Contents

Preface v

Introduction Alexander Brem Joe Tidd xi

Part I Theories and Concepts 1

Chapter 1 Advancing a Typology of Open Innovation Peter Gianiodis Scott C. Ellis Enrico Secchi 3

Chapter 2 Open Innovation and the Integration of Suppliers - Literature Review and Discussion on Supplier Innovation Alexander Brem Gerd Schuster 67

Chapter 3 Managing Open Innovation in New Product Development Projects: A Contingent Perspective Hanna Bohemia Brian Squire 95

Chapter 4 Collaborative Product Development for Competing Suppliers S. Sinan Erzurumlu 129

Part II Empirical Findings Based on Quantitative Research 169

Chapter 5 Supplier Innovativeness and Supplier Pricing: The Role of Preferred-Customer Status Holger Schiele Jasper Veldman Lisa Hüttinger 171

Chapter 6 The Effect of Trade Policy Regimes on Firms' Learning From Suppliers How to Innovate Jahan Ara Peerally John Cantwell 205

Chapter 7 The Relation Between Internal and External Open Innovation: A Study of Firms Located in the Goomi and Banwol-Sihwa Clusters in South Korea Joseph Yun Jin-Hyo Avvari V. Mohan 257

Chapter 8 Collaborative Approach Within the Open Innovation Framework: Russian Companies Daria Podmetina Maria Smirnova Juha Väätänen Marko Torkkeli 287

Chapter 9 Rigidities Considered: Supplier Strategies for Integrated Innovation Thorsten Teichert Ricarda B. Bouncken 311

Chapter 10 Supplier Involvement in Customer New Product Development: New Insights From the Supplier's Perspective Irina Tiemann Nathalie Sick Jens Leker 343

Part III Insights From Case Study Research 369

Chapter 11 Knowledge and Intellectual Property Management in Customer-Supplier Relations Jaakko Paasi Tuija Rantala Katri Valkokari Nari Lee 371

Chapter 12 Procurement Procedures for Supplier Integration and Open Innovation in Process Development Projects Per Erik Eriksson David Rönnberg Sjödin 405

Chapter 13 Organising Innovation Processes With Suppliers Tina B. Aune Espen Gressetvold 443

Chapter 14 Managing the Fuzzy Front End: Intra-Firm Versus Inter-Firm Networks Jacob Hoj Jorgensen Erik Stavnsager Rasmussen René Chester Goduscheit Bergenholtz Carsten Bergenholtz 473

Chapter 15 How New Product Development Service Suppliers Exchange Knowledge in Open Innovation Processes Gabriele Colombo Claudio Dell'Era Federico Prattini 499

Chapter 16 Managing Offshore Development: A Cultural Perspective Petra Edoff Christer Norström Ylva Wretås 549

Chapter 17 Wearing Different Hats: How Absorptive Capacity Differs in Open Innovation Lance Newey 581

Chapter 18 Generativity in Open Innovation Ecosystems: The iPhone and Android Björn Remneland-Wikhamn Jan Ljungberg Magnus Bergquist Jonas Kuschel 617

Chapter 19 Crossing Horizons: Leveraging a Cross-Industry Innovation Search in the Front-End of the Innovation Process Sabine Brunswicker Ulrich Hutschek 651

Summary and Future Directions Joe Tidd Alexander Brem 677

Index 689