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Dimo Dimov - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • a closer look at cross functional Collaboration and product innovativeness contingency effects of structural and relational context
    Journal of Product Innovation Management, 2011
    Co-Authors: Dirk De Clercq, Narongsak Thongpapanl, Dimo Dimov
    Abstract:

    This study applies a contingency perspective to examine how the intra-organizational context influences the relationship between Cross-Functional Collaboration and product innovativeness. It focuses on the role of (1) formal, structural factors directly controllable by top management decisions and (2) more intangible, relational factors as potential enhancements of the firm's ability to convert Cross-Functional Collaboration into product innovativeness. A study of 232 firms confirms the hypotheses, finding that the relationship between Cross-Functional Collaboration and product innovativeness is stronger for higher levels of decision autonomy and shared responsibility (structural context) and social interaction, trust, and goal congruence (relational context). In addition, a post-hoc analysis using a configurational approach to organizational contingencies reveals that organizations' relational context is more potent than their structural context for converting Cross-Functional Collaboration into product innovativeness. The study's implications and future research directions are discussed.

Dirk De Clercq - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • a closer look at cross functional Collaboration and product innovativeness contingency effects of structural and relational context
    Journal of Product Innovation Management, 2011
    Co-Authors: Dirk De Clercq, Narongsak Thongpapanl, Dimo Dimov
    Abstract:

    This study applies a contingency perspective to examine how the intra-organizational context influences the relationship between Cross-Functional Collaboration and product innovativeness. It focuses on the role of (1) formal, structural factors directly controllable by top management decisions and (2) more intangible, relational factors as potential enhancements of the firm's ability to convert Cross-Functional Collaboration into product innovativeness. A study of 232 firms confirms the hypotheses, finding that the relationship between Cross-Functional Collaboration and product innovativeness is stronger for higher levels of decision autonomy and shared responsibility (structural context) and social interaction, trust, and goal congruence (relational context). In addition, a post-hoc analysis using a configurational approach to organizational contingencies reveals that organizations' relational context is more potent than their structural context for converting Cross-Functional Collaboration into product innovativeness. The study's implications and future research directions are discussed.

Narongsak Thongpapanl - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • a closer look at cross functional Collaboration and product innovativeness contingency effects of structural and relational context
    Journal of Product Innovation Management, 2011
    Co-Authors: Dirk De Clercq, Narongsak Thongpapanl, Dimo Dimov
    Abstract:

    This study applies a contingency perspective to examine how the intra-organizational context influences the relationship between Cross-Functional Collaboration and product innovativeness. It focuses on the role of (1) formal, structural factors directly controllable by top management decisions and (2) more intangible, relational factors as potential enhancements of the firm's ability to convert Cross-Functional Collaboration into product innovativeness. A study of 232 firms confirms the hypotheses, finding that the relationship between Cross-Functional Collaboration and product innovativeness is stronger for higher levels of decision autonomy and shared responsibility (structural context) and social interaction, trust, and goal congruence (relational context). In addition, a post-hoc analysis using a configurational approach to organizational contingencies reveals that organizations' relational context is more potent than their structural context for converting Cross-Functional Collaboration into product innovativeness. The study's implications and future research directions are discussed.

Lisa Melander - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • achieving sustainable development by collaborating in green product innovation
    Business Strategy and The Environment, 2017
    Co-Authors: Lisa Melander
    Abstract:

    Collaboration in green product innovation (GPI) is becoming increasingly important, and research on such innovation has grown in recent years. This study reviews literature on external Collaborations in GPI to investigate drivers, inter-organisational factors and intra-organisational factors for such Collaborations. The review includes a total of 67 papers. Survey studies and case studies are the methodologies applied most in the reviewed papers. The most common collaborators are suppliers and customers. Drivers include economic factors, regulations, customer demand, competitiveness and firm performance. Numerous inter-organisational Collaboration factors are presented and summarised in terms of partner selection, relationship management, knowledge access and agreements. Intra-organisational factors mainly concern Cross-Functional Collaboration, capabilities and internal practices. Implications for policy and practitioners are presented.

Casper Lassenius - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • devops in practice a multiple case study of five companies
    Information & Software Technology, 2019
    Co-Authors: Lucy Ellen Lwakatare, Tanja Sauvola, Pasi Kuvaja, Markku Oivo, Teemu Karvonen, Terhi Kilamo, Ville T Heikkila, Juha Itkonen, Tommi Mikkonen, Casper Lassenius
    Abstract:

    Abstract Context: DevOps is considered important in the ability to frequently and reliably update a system in operational state. DevOps presumes Cross-Functional Collaboration and automation between software development and operations. DevOps adoption and implementation in companies is non-trivial due to required changes in technical, organisational and cultural aspects. Objectives: This exploratory study presents detailed descriptions of how DevOps is implemented in practice. The context of our empirical investigation is web application and service development in small and medium sized companies. Method: A multiple-case study was conducted in five different development contexts with successful DevOps implementations since its benefits, such as quick releases and minimum deployment errors, were achieved. Data was mainly collected through interviews with 26 practitioners and observations made at the companies. Data was analysed by first coding each case individually using a set of predefined themes and thereafter perform a cross-case synthesis. Results: Our analysis yielded some of the following results: (i) software development team attaining ownership and responsibility to deploy software changes in production is crucial in DevOps. (ii) toolchain usage and support in deployment pipeline activities accelerates the delivery of software changes, bug fixes and handling of production incidents. (ii) the delivery speed to production is affected by context factors, such as manual approvals by the product owner (iii) steep learning curve for new skills is experienced by both software developers and operations staff, who also have to cope with working under pressure. Conclusion: Our findings contributes to the overall understanding of DevOps concept, practices and its perceived impacts, particularly in small and medium sized companies. We discuss two practical implications of the results.