Do Experience Effects Vary Across Governance Modes? Evidence from New Product Introduction in the Global Aircraft Industry, 1948–2000

Mulotte, Louis

doi:10.1287/orsc.2013.0862

Cited by 21 publications

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“…This is because time compression hampers the development of both individual mental models and coordination routines, both of which are more important in performing complex tasks. Thus, even though complex problems provide greater opportunities to learn (Haunschild & Sullivan, 2002; Mulotte, 2014; Rockart & Dutt, 2015), learning is less likely to be realized under time compression.…”

Section: Hypotheses Developmentmentioning

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The origins of time compression diseconomies

Srikanth

Anand

Stan³

2021

Strategic Management Journal

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Research Summary That capability development is subject to time compression diseconomies (TCD) is well‐known in the strategy literature. However, so far, there is limited attention paid to its origins, that is, why it exists, and demonstrating it empirically. In the context of fertility clinics in the United Kingdom, we show that faster experience accumulation is associated with lower success rates; that is, time compression in experience accumulation results in shallower learning curves. We also show that TCD is exacerbated for clinics that mainly treat complex cases and is mitigated for clinics that employ an integrator to coordinate across the different specialist functions involved in the treatment process. We propose differential learning rates as the mechanism that underlies TCD, and develop implications for firm capabilities and sources of competitive advantage. Managerial Summary As firms pursue new opportunities, it is intuitive to grow fast. Rapid growth has many advantages, including a quicker payback on investment as well as garner first mover advantages. However, there can also be a dark side to such high paced growth. By analyzing data on in‐vitro fertilization clinics in the United Kingdom, we show that clinics that grew the fastest were slower in improving their treatment success rates, while slower growing clinics improved more with increasing experience. This penalty of rapid growth is more severe for clinics that treat more complex cases, but it can be ameliorated by better coordination between specialist activities. Our research serves as a warning that faster is not always better.

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Section: Hypotheses Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

The origins of time compression diseconomies

Srikanth

Anand

Stan³

2021

Strategic Management Journal

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“…Competition‐I was computed by counting the number of HEV models offered by rival firms in the U.S. market for a given year. Our measurement of Competition‐I is arguably supported in prior literature (Anand, Mulotte, & Ren, ; Barroso & Giarratana, ; Danzon & Sousa Pereira, ; Federico, Langus, & Valletti, ; Gil & Ruzzier, ; Mulotte, ; Mulotte, Dussauge, & Mitchell, ; Tripsas, ). Competition‐II has been computed based on the entropy measure that takes into account the number of models and firms (Frenken, Hekkert, & Godfroij, ; Wesseling, Faber, & Hekkert, ).…”

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The impact of competition on vertical integration: The role of technological niche width

2020

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Despite there being numerous studies exploring the relationship between competition and vertical integration, the empirical findings regarding the nature of this relationship are still unclear. The current study suggests that technological niche width mediates the relationship between competition and vertical integration. It also suggests that technological niche width and vertical integration play a complementary role in enhancing firm performance. These arguments have found empirical support in the examination of the U.S. hybrid electric vehicle market from 2008 to 2016. In so doing, this study provides an opportunity to better understand the relationship between competition, vertical integration, and technological niche width. In addition, it explains how firms can effectively manage fierce competition and achieve the goal of superior performance through strategic decisions regarding vertical integration and technological niche width.

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“…Currently, insufficient theory exists to answer these and similar questions [17]. Some knowledge exists in the management sciences about "new product development" [89]- [92] and engineering design researchers are conducting experiments on micro-level processes that produce better designs [50], [73], [93]- [95]. Still, much remains unknown.…”

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A Review & Framework for Modeling Complex Engineered System Development Processes

Meluso,

Austin-Breneman,

Bagrow

et al. 2021

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Developing complex engineered systems (CES) poses significant challenges for engineers, managers, designers, and businesspeople alike due to the inherent complexity of the systems and contexts involved. Furthermore, experts have expressed great interest in filling the gap in theory about how CES develop. This article begins to address that gap in two ways. First, it reviews the numerous definitions of CES along with existing theory and methods on CES development processes. Then, it proposes the ComplEx System Integrated Utilities Model (CESIUM), a novel framework for exploring how numerous system and development process characteristics may affect the performance of CES. CE-SIUM creates simulated representations of a system architecture, the corresponding engineering organization, and the new product development process through which the organization designs the system. It does so by representing the system as a network of interdependent artifacts designed by agents. Agents iteratively design their artifacts through optimization and share information with other agents, thereby advancing the CES toward a solution. This paper describes the model, conducts a sensitivity analysis, provides validation, and suggests directions for future study.

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Do Experience Effects Vary Across Governance Modes? Evidence from New Product Introduction in the Global Aircraft Industry, 1948–2000

Cited by 21 publications

References 80 publications

The origins of time compression diseconomies

The origins of time compression diseconomies

The impact of competition on vertical integration: The role of technological niche width

A Review & Framework for Modeling Complex Engineered System Development Processes

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