TY - JOUR
T1 - The effect of experienced R&D teams on producing unique products
T2 - analysis of 140 small and medium-sized high-Tech start-ups in China
AU - He, Liangxing
AU - Zheng, Leven J.
AU - Wu, Yulin
AU - Wu, Chia Huei
AU - Liu, Wei
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to thank the Senior Lecture Stephen Xu Zhang at the University of Sydney and Dr. Yameng Zhang at Xi?an Jiaotong-Liverpool University for their extraordinary suggestions.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021/10
Y1 - 2021/10
N2 - The effect of R&D teams on new product development has been recognised, but debates remain regarding the influence of experienced R&D teams on product uniqueness. This study identifies the type of experience attribute in R&D teams and how it can influence product uniqueness using a sample of 140 Chinese small and medium-sized high-tech start-ups. Results indicate that a U-shaped relationship occurs between R&D team experience depth, breadth, and product uniqueness, and the curvilinear relationship between R&D team experience depth and product uniqueness can be weakened by the degree of executive embeddedness. It suggests that the embeddedness of top managers and the organic composition of team members’ experience attributes should be emphasised to develop unique products.
AB - The effect of R&D teams on new product development has been recognised, but debates remain regarding the influence of experienced R&D teams on product uniqueness. This study identifies the type of experience attribute in R&D teams and how it can influence product uniqueness using a sample of 140 Chinese small and medium-sized high-tech start-ups. Results indicate that a U-shaped relationship occurs between R&D team experience depth, breadth, and product uniqueness, and the curvilinear relationship between R&D team experience depth and product uniqueness can be weakened by the degree of executive embeddedness. It suggests that the embeddedness of top managers and the organic composition of team members’ experience attributes should be emphasised to develop unique products.
KW - executive embeddedness
KW - New product development
KW - R&D team
KW - team diversity
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85096374495&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/09537325.2020.1849616
DO - 10.1080/09537325.2020.1849616
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85096374495
SN - 0953-7325
VL - 33
SP - 871
EP - 884
JO - Technology Analysis and Strategic Management
JF - Technology Analysis and Strategic Management
IS - 8
ER -