Title: The role of knowledge sharing and trust in new product development outsourcing

Authors: Amy Y. Chou

Addresses: School of Information Technology, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790, USA

Abstract: The idea of forming strategic alliances with suppliers while developing a new product has been recognised as an effective strategy for hedging the risk in a dynamic business environment. To implement such strategy, new product development (NPD) team needs to understand the factor that may affect the suppliers| interest of involving in NPD. This study proposes a research model to study such emergent area and to explore the relationships among trust, knowledge sharing, adoption of collaborative information technology and supplier|s involvement in NPD process.

Keywords: knowledge sharing; new product development; NPD outsourcing; trust; strategic alliances; supplier involvement; collaborative information technology; information systems.

DOI: 10.1504/IJISCM.2008.026707

International Journal of Information Systems and Change Management, 2008 Vol.3 No.4, pp.301 - 313

Published online: 23 Jun 2009 *

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