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Record Nr.

UNINA9910298168703321

Autore

Zhu Andy Yunlong

Titolo

Responsible Product Innovation : Putting Safety First / / by Andy Yunlong Zhu, Max von Zedtwitz, Dimitris G. Assimakopoulos

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018

ISBN

3-319-68451-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXXI, 150 p. 21 illus., 19 illus. in color.)

Collana

Innovation, Technology, and Knowledge Management, , 2197-5698

Disciplina

658.56

Soggetti

Management

Industrial management

Project management

Economic policy

Quality control

Reliability

Industrial safety

Innovation/Technology Management

Project Management

R & D/Technology Policy

Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION: BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY -- Chapter 2: LITERATURE REVIEW -- Chapter 3: CONCEPTUAL MODEL AND HYPOTHESES -- Chapter 4: METHODOLOGY -- Chapter 5: QUANTITATIVE RESULTS -- Chapter 6: QUALITATIVE RESULTS -- Chapter 7: DISCUSSION -- Chapter 8: IMPLICATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- Chapter 9: CONCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS.-.

Sommario/riassunto

This book analyses the relationships among product safety strategy and culture, concurrent engineering, new product development (NPD) processes and product safety performance. Product safety is a matter of enormous economic and societal concern, given the safety risks to consumers and the financial risks to producers. Nevertheless, a



thorough conceptual understanding of the effects of NPD policies and practices is still largely missing, as several large-scale trends have made clarifying the role of product safety in its socio-economic context difficult, including: the rise of consumerism and the shift in the balance of power from manufacturers to customers and regulators; the internationalization of value chains and the fragmentation of markets worldwide; and technological change leading to a sophistication of products that rendered average consumers increasingly unaware of risk and potential accidents.      This volume sets out to close the gaps among research, practice and policy, with an emphasis on advocating responsible product innovation. Through an in-depth study of the durable juvenile products industry, the authors discover important relationships, for example that top management involvement, safety-first culture and robust NPD processes are paramount in increasing product safety and decreasing product recalls in firms.  On the other end of the spectrum, concurrent engineering does not automatically lead to product safety, they found no “magic bullet” through which product safety can be tied to the use of a particular tool, skill, or practice. Offering a dynamic framework for aligning the interests of multiple stakeholders, including manufacturers, regulators, and consumers, the authors provide a clearer understanding of product safety and its implications for scholars, students, policy makers, and practitioners in the areas of innovation management, product management, R&D management, and responsible research and innovation.