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Improving absorptive capacity in product development with online collaboration tools
Tero Peltola & prof. Saku Mäkinen
CITER / Tampere University of Technology, Finland
PICMET’13 Conference | 28.7.-1.8.2013 | San Jose, CA, USA
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Main discussion threads
BackgroundMethodsResultsConclusions
BACKGROUND
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Internal use of Web 2.0 applications has produced measurable gains% of respondents using Web 2.0 for internal purposes and reporting the following benefits (avarage data from 2009, 2010, 2011)1
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• Absorptive Capacity Theory– Cohen & Levinthal, Zahra & George
• Other interesting papers (NPD)Cooper & KleischmidtKim & WilemonKoen et alAdams et al
Background theory
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1989&90, 2002
METHODS
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Qualitative & Quantitative approach• Case study• Online survey & interviews
– Initial status• Winter 2012
– Follow-up• By the end of 2012
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Qualitative & Quantitative approach• Case study• Online survey & interviews
– Initial status• Winter 2012
– Follow-up• By the end of 2012
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37 responds ( 46,8 %)11 semi-structured interviews(Senior managers, managers,
employers)
Qualitative & Quantitative approach• Case study• Online survey & interviews
– Initial status• Winter 2012
– Follow-up• By the end of 2012
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33 responds ( 38,8%)7 semi-structured interviews
(Senior managers, managers, employers)
Comparative (two datasets)
RESULTS
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Statistical notes
• According to the background information of respondents (in both initial and follow-up rounds) the datasets are not biased.
• Datasets represents statistical different groups (i.e. they are not subsets of the same dataset)– Verified by Mann-Whitney U –test; p<0,05
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The most important aspect
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Organization climate
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Communication
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Amount of communication within a team
Communication
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Cross-functional communication
Amount
Quality
Lack of time, Other functional areas can help them
Absorptive Capacity
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Quality of Acquire
Amount of Acquire
Address the right party, org members are sharing items
Absorptive Capacity
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Amount of assimilation
Quality of assimilation
Involves various org levels / internal functions,Big picture more clear
CONCLUSIONS
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Online Collaboration Tool reflects on• Information transparency
• Amount and quality of communications
• Absorptive capacity
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-increase
-increase
-increase
Acknowledgements
• CLEEN cluster in the Strategic Centre for Science for funding part of the research
• Liikesivistysrahasto for funding part of the conference expensives
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Thank You
• Further questions?
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