Inter-organizational cooperation in automotive new product development projects

Zheng, Yujuan1; Liu, Shan1; Huang (Wayne), Wei1,2; Jiang, James Jiunn-Yih3

2019

10.1108/IMDS-04-2019-0217

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT & DATA SYSTEMS   影响因子和分区

0263-5577

1758-5783

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to formulate and test a theoretical model to explain inter-organizational cooperation behaviors among suppliers in automotive new product development (NPD) projects. This study aims to investigate the effects of cost and benefit factors on trust and inter-organizational cooperative behaviors among suppliers in automotive NPD projects from the perspective of social exchange theory (SET). Design/methodology/approach: The structural equation modeling method is applied to test the proposed model, which is based on the analysis of survey data from 272 product managers of automotive part suppliers. Findings: Knowledge sharing and coordination effort influence inter-organizational cooperation indirectly through trust. Specially, trust is negatively influenced by coordination effort but positively affected by knowledge sharing. Requirement uncertainty moderates the relationship between cost–benefit factors and trust differently. Specifically, requirement uncertainty increases the negative influence of coordination effort on trust but also strengthens the positive effect of knowledge sharing on trust. Originality/value: This study provides a relatively comprehensive cost–benefit framework for further understanding the formation mechanism of inter-organizational cooperation among suppliers. It also contributes to SET by incorporating the contextual factor to explain the moderating effect of requirement uncertainty on the relationships between cost–benefit factors and trust in the context of automotive NPD projects.
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Inter-organizational cooperation Trust Knowledge sharing Coordination effort Requirement uncertainty

SCI ; SSCI ; EI

英语

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National Natural Science Foundation of China[] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[71722014]

Computer Science ; Engineering

Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications ; Engineering, Industrial

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Behavioral research ; Product design ; Product development

Computer Applications:723.5 ; Production Engineering:913.1 ; Product Development; Concurrent Engineering:913.6 ; Social Sciences:971

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1.School of Management, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
2.Faculty of Business, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China
3.National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Zheng, Yujuan,Liu, Shan,Huang ,et al. Inter-organizational cooperation in automotive new product development projects[J]. INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT & DATA SYSTEMS,2019,120(1):79-97.

Zheng, Yujuan,Liu, Shan,Huang ,&Jiang, James Jiunn-Yih.(2019).Inter-organizational cooperation in automotive new product development projects.INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT & DATA SYSTEMS,120(1),79-97.

Zheng, Yujuan,et al."Inter-organizational cooperation in automotive new product development projects".INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT & DATA SYSTEMS 120.1(2019):79-97.