Moderating effect of requirements uncertainty on task interdependence and NPD performance
Industrial Management & Data Systems
ISSN: 0263-5577
Article publication date: 14 January 2021
Issue publication date: 2 February 2021
Abstract
Purpose
This study aims to validate whether enhancing interorganizational task interdependence among tier 2 suppliers can act as an effective approach for the tier 1 supplier to enhance collaborations among these suppliers in the buyer-tier 1 supplier-tier 2 supplier triadic new product development (NPD) project when buyer's requirements are unstable.
Design/methodology/approach
Based on social interdependence theory, a model linking interorganizational task interdependence to interorganizational collaboration and NPD product performance is built. The authors conducted a survey study to collect data from 169 automotive tier 1 suppliers and performed regression analysis to empirically test the hypotheses.
Findings
The test results suggest that interorganizational task interdependence among tier 2 suppliers can promote interorganizational promotion-oriented information sharing and interorganizational joint decision making among these suppliers. These improvements can ultimately improve supplier’s NPD product performance. However, the buyer’s requirements uncertainty can reduce the positive effects of such an interdependence arrangement.
Originality/value
This study provides new insights into the role of a tier 1 supplier to enhance the collaboration among tier 2 suppliers in the limited condition of this relationship while providing an alternative explanation regarding contradictory ideas about task interdependence among suppliers.
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Citation
Zhang, J., Guo, J., Jiang, J., Wu, X. and Jiang, R. (2021), "Moderating effect of requirements uncertainty on task interdependence and NPD performance", Industrial Management & Data Systems, Vol. 121 No. 2, pp. 456-477. https://doi.org/10.1108/IMDS-08-2020-0490
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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