The aim of the research is to analyse new product development co-creation processes within industrial networks. The research is focused on the way actors of the business network co-create new products and on which co-creation capabilities these firm should use in order to succeed in these NPD processes. The manuscript aims to contribute to the IMP theory in industrial marketing, that is currently lacking empirical studies which provide thorough understanding of the interaction processes among firms within the industrial network in order to co-create new products. The studies conducted by IMP researchers represent also the main literature forming the theoretical background of the study, together with the NPD conceptualization and co-creation capabilities descriptions. The study adopts a single longitudinal case study methodology with systematic combining for depicting the findings. The case study analyses Hyperlean, which is an academic spin-off whose growth over time, in terms of product capabilities and revenues, is strongly tied to customers’ collaboration. Hyperlean has been chosen because of its potential uniqueness, that relies on the collaborations established with several big firms in order to develop the software by exploiting customers’ resources in terms of knowledge and technical information. This dissertation contributes to the literature by exploring the processes of new product development in co-creation between the case company and several actors of the business network and by identifying several different new product development co-creation pathways and co-creation capabilities deployed by Hyperlean in order to sustain commercialization activities. These findings revealed also several dark sides and critical issues within the processes under investigation.
Lo scopo della ricerca è quello di analizzare i processi di co-creazione dei nuovi prodotti nel settore business-to-business. Lo studio si focalizza sull’analisi delle modalità con cui gli attori co-creano nuovi prodotti e di quali capacità di co-creazione possono essere utilizzate in queste interazioni per gestire nel modo migliore i processi di sviluppo prodotto. La letteratura in cui lo studio intende contribuire è quello connesso alle teorie di marketing sviluppate dall’IMP group, tramite l’analisi dei processi con cui le imprese riescono a co-creare nuovi prodotti all’interno del loro network di business. La letteratura utilizzata, oltre a quella derivante dagli studi di marketing industriale dell’IMP group, fa riferimento ai principali studi sullo sviluppo di nuovi prodotti, in termini di concettualizzazione e di definizione di un framework di sviluppo, e di concettualizzazione delle capacità di co-creazione che le imprese possono utilizzare per migliorare le loro interazioni durante lo sviluppo di nuovi prodotti. Lo studio è stato condotto secondo la metodologia del caso di studio singolo e longitudinale, con l’ausilio della tecnica del ‘systematic combining’ per l’analisi dei dati raccolti. L’impresa adottata come caso studio è Hyperlean, uno spin-off accademico, che ha sviluppato un software innovativo per design to cost e costing. Questa è stata scelta la sua potenziale unicità. Lo sviluppo del software, infatti, è avvenuto sin dall’inizio grazie alla collaborazione ed il sostegno da parte di diversi attori. La tesi si focalizza sull’analisi dei processi, e per questo, vengono descritti in termini di evidenze empiriche una serie di percorsi intrapresi dall’impresa e di capacità di co-creazione utilizzate dall’impresa. Infine, sono stati individuati anche alcuni lati oscuri e criticità che l’impresa ha dovuto fronteggiare durante il processo di sviluppo prodotto in co-creazione.
Analysing new Product Development and Co-creation in Industrial Networks: Pathways and Capabilities
SABATINI, Andrea
2019
Abstract
The aim of the research is to analyse new product development co-creation processes within industrial networks. The research is focused on the way actors of the business network co-create new products and on which co-creation capabilities these firm should use in order to succeed in these NPD processes. The manuscript aims to contribute to the IMP theory in industrial marketing, that is currently lacking empirical studies which provide thorough understanding of the interaction processes among firms within the industrial network in order to co-create new products. The studies conducted by IMP researchers represent also the main literature forming the theoretical background of the study, together with the NPD conceptualization and co-creation capabilities descriptions. The study adopts a single longitudinal case study methodology with systematic combining for depicting the findings. The case study analyses Hyperlean, which is an academic spin-off whose growth over time, in terms of product capabilities and revenues, is strongly tied to customers’ collaboration. Hyperlean has been chosen because of its potential uniqueness, that relies on the collaborations established with several big firms in order to develop the software by exploiting customers’ resources in terms of knowledge and technical information. This dissertation contributes to the literature by exploring the processes of new product development in co-creation between the case company and several actors of the business network and by identifying several different new product development co-creation pathways and co-creation capabilities deployed by Hyperlean in order to sustain commercialization activities. These findings revealed also several dark sides and critical issues within the processes under investigation.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14242/97611
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