The effect of experienced R&D teams on producing unique products: analysis of 140 small and medium-sized high-Tech start-ups in China

Liangxing He; Jianwen Zheng; Yulin Wu; Chia Huei Wu; Wei Liu

doi:10.1080/09537325.2020.1849616

The effect of experienced R&D teams on producing unique products: analysis of 140 small and medium-sized high-Tech start-ups in China

Liangxing He
, Jianwen Zheng
, Yulin Wu
, Chia Huei Wu
, Wei Liu^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Strategic Management and Organisations

Nanjing University of Finance & Economics
Nankai University
The University of Sydney
Ming Hsin University of Science and Technology Taiwan
Qingdao University

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	871-884
Number of pages	14
Journal	Technology Analysis and Strategic Management
Volume	33
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/09537325.2020.1849616
Publication status	Published - Oct 2021

Keywords

executive embeddedness
New product development
R&D team
team diversity

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