Search for dissertations about: "outsourcing new product development"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 swedish dissertations containing the words outsourcing new product development.

2. 1. Outsourcing and knowledge integration in new product development

   Author : Jonas Rundquist; Sven-Åke Hörte; Henrik Florén; Johan Frishammar; Matti Kaulio; Högskolan i Halmstad; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; outsourcing; new product development; knowledge integration; Industrial engineering and economy; Industriell teknik och ekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis deals with two aspects of knowledge needed for new product development; theaccess to external knowledge through outsourcing of NPD and the integration of knowledgedeveloped when outsourcing activities in the NPD process. As modern products competing onincreasingly international markets call for both complex and specialized knowledge, it isbecoming more important to take an outward perspective of knowledge, searching for externalknowledge sources, in order to be competitive. READ MORE

4. 2. Outsourcing of New Product Development - A decision framework

   Author : Jonas Rundquist; Högskolan i Halmstad; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Outsourcing; NPD; Outsourcing of NPD; Outsourcing decision; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

   Abstract : The focus of this thesis is the outsourcing of activities in the New Product Development (NPD) process. Outsourcing of NPD refers to the outsourcing of development activities for the developing of new products (goods and/or service), where all or just the innovative part of the NPD process is purchased externally based on a contract with organizational units separate from the outsourcing firm. READ MORE

5. 3. Outsourcing of new product development : a decision framework

   Author : Jonas Rundquist; []
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : The focus of the thesis is the outsourcing of activities in the New Product Development (NPD) process. Outsourcing of NPD refers to the outsourcing of development activities for developing new products (goods and/or service), where all or the innovative part of the NPD process is purchased externally according to a contract from organizational units separate from the outsourcing firm. READ MORE

6. 4. Visual aesthetics in product development : A balance between commercial and creative imperatives

   Author : Ingela Lindahl; Fredrik Nordin; Staffan Brege; Daniel Kindström; Tore Kristensen; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : Visual aesthetics; product design; product development; furniture; designer products;

   Abstract : The literature presents a number of advantages regarding companies’ strategic focus on product design, arguing that the dimension of visual aesthetics in products may help a company to create commercial success, e.g. through product differentiation and as a means of company brand recognition. READ MORE

7. 5. Facing interface challenges in complex product development

   Author : Daniel Olausson; Christian Berggren; Thomas Magnusson; Pär Åhlström; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : Complex product development; R D-manufacturing interface; outsourcing; uncertainty; timecriticality; visualization; field service; extreme case; TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIKVETENSKAP;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to contribute to New Product Development-literature by expanding the analysis of the R&D-manufacturing interface in complex product development in three areas, i.e. the outsourcing of manufacturing, uncertainty and time-criticality, and field service. READ MORE