Title :
An investigation of global, virtual and co-located NPD projects
Author :
Barczak, Gloria ; McDonough, Edward F.
Author_Institution :
Northeastern Univ., Boston, MA, USA
Abstract :
In this paper, in order to understand if and how global, virtual and co-located new product development (NPD) projects differ, the authors sought to: (1) investigate the impact of team climate and transparent leadership on collaboration and trust within each type of team; and (2) examine the impact of collaboration and trust on commercial performance and speed of development within each type of team
Keywords :
human resource management; product development; project management; research and development management; technology transfer; R&D management; co-located NPD projects; collaboration; commercial performance; development speed; global NPD projects; new product development projects; team climate; technology transfer; transparent leadership; virtual NPD projects; Consumer products; Global communication; International collaboration; Marketing and sales; Velocity measurement; Virtual groups;
Conference_Titel :
Management of Engineering and Technology, 2001. PICMET '01. Portland International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Portland, OR
Print_ISBN :
1-890843-06-7
DOI :
10.1109/PICMET.2001.952322
