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“Fuzzy front end” practices in innovating Japanese companies

Herstatt, Cornelius; Verworn, Birgit; Stockstrom, Christoph - Institut für Technologie- und Innovationsmanagement … - 2004

In this paper, we report on the results of a large-scale study about typical front-end-related innovation practices in …

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A causal model of the impact of the “fuzzy front end” on thesuccess of new product development

Herstatt, Cornelius; Verworn, Birgit - Institut für Technologie- und Innovationsmanagement … - 2000

In a study of New Product Development (NPD) projects, the fuzzy front end ofinnovation is explored. The New Product Development process is a multistageprocess. Therefore, the study examines two sorts of impact that the fuzzy front endhas on the success of New Product Development: a direct impact...

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THE “FUZZY FRONT END” OF PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY

Verworn, Birgit - Institut für Technologie- und Innovationsmanagement … - 2002

The aim of this paper is to describe front-end activities in practice and get first hints for effects of the front end on project outcome and the meaning of contextual factors.The results of an exploratory study of fourteen product development projects are contrary to the wide-spread opinion...

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Approaches to the "Fuzzy Front End"of Innovation

Verworn, Birgit; Herstatt, Cornelius - Institut für Technologie- und Innovationsmanagement … - 1999

, and managers often indicate the front end as being one of the greatest weaknesses in product innovation. Therefore, it is … surprising that only little research has treated the so called "fuzzy front end" of innovation. In this paper we discuss if …

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The impact of the fuzzy front end on newproduct development success in JapaneseNPD projects

Verworn, Birgit; Herstatt, Cornelius; Nagahira, Akio - Institut für Technologie- und Innovationsmanagement … - 2006

is explored. Our conceptual model is based on the information-processing perspective. A structualequation model was fitted to data from 497 NPD projects from Japanese mechanical and electricalengineering firms to test the proposed model.The empirical analysis found support for all hypotheses...

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The “fuzzy front end” of product development:an exploratory studyof German and Japanese innovation projects

Herstatt, Cornelius; Verworn, Birgit; Nagahira, Akio - Institut für Technologie- und Innovationsmanagement … - 2002

28 innovation projects in German and Japanesecompanies. We further reveal differences in the practice of innovation …

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The innovation process:an introduction to process models

Verworn, Birgit; Herstatt, Cornelius - Institut für Technologie- und Innovationsmanagement … - 2002

In research as well as in practice, process models are an expatiated element of innovation management. They fulfill … design of innovation process... …

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Reducing project related uncertainty in the“fuzzy front end” of innovation – A comparison ofGerman and Japanese product innovation projects

Herstatt, Cornelius; Verworn, Birgit; Nagahira, Akio - Institut für Technologie- und Innovationsmanagement … - 2003

-end-related activities in 28 innovation projectscarried out by 14 German and 13 Japanese companies to reduce project uncertainty. Inall cases … we observed a range of activities to reduce project specific risks and revealeddifferences in the practice of innovation …”, activities andtypical deliverables in the innovation process which might be affected by front endmanagement practice.Overall, in …

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