Process innovation is widely acknowledged as an important driver for firm competitive advantage. Previous literature on this topic, despite highlighting the relevance of supplier collaborations for process innovation, has not paid specific attention to the activities (e.g. quality, design, etc.) where the involvement of suppliers exerts a positive influence on process innovation. To this end, through a multiple regression analysis on a sample of 279 firms from three different industries, this paper demonstrates that supplier integration in quality and design efforts and product development has a beneficial effect on process innovation, specifically, in terms of in-house proprietary equipment development.
Effects of supplier integration on proprietary equipment development
SORANZO, BENEDETTA;FILIPPINI, ROBERTO;NOSELLA, ANNA
2016
Abstract
Process innovation is widely acknowledged as an important driver for firm competitive advantage. Previous literature on this topic, despite highlighting the relevance of supplier collaborations for process innovation, has not paid specific attention to the activities (e.g. quality, design, etc.) where the involvement of suppliers exerts a positive influence on process innovation. To this end, through a multiple regression analysis on a sample of 279 firms from three different industries, this paper demonstrates that supplier integration in quality and design efforts and product development has a beneficial effect on process innovation, specifically, in terms of in-house proprietary equipment development.
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