Product development is recognized as innovative value creating effort that has become important in the high-risk, globally competitive environment. This paper presents a model that links product development practices with product development performance in the context of internationalization....

Because of the importance of information integration in obtaining competitive advantage in today's information-intensive environment, many organisations continue to search for better information integration practices that will support effective business processes across the value chain. However,...

Using a sample of 91 firms in four global industries, this study finds evidence of an inverted U-shaped curve between global integration and return on sales. The multiple regression results highlight the benefits of global integration in developing competitive advantage, but also indicate...