Yusuke Hoshino
  星野 雄介
   所属   京都産業大学  経営学部 マネジメント学科
   職種   准教授
言語種別 英語
発行・発表の年月 2024/07
形態種別 研究論文
査読 査読あり
標題 ORCHESTRATING INNOVATION: DIVERSITY OF TEAM CHARACTERISTICS IN THE SYMPHONY OF NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
執筆形態 その他
掲載誌名 International Journal of Innovation Management
出版社・発行元 World Scientific Pub Co Pte Ltd
著者・共著者 HANG YUAN,SEN ZHANG,MENGRU ZHAO,KEISUKE HORI,YUSUKE HOSHINO,HIROSHI SHIMIZU
概要 This study investigates the strategic orchestration of New Product Development (NPD) teams, focusing on how age diversity influences their innovation capabilities within the competitive landscape of firms. As firms encounter an evolving demographic landscape, the role of team composition, particularly age diversity, becomes critical in tuning innovation and market alignment. This paper synthesises the disparate findings from the innovation management literature on the impact of age diversity, employing dual theoretical perspectives: information/decision-making and similarity/categorisation. The former suggests that age diversity brings diverse knowledge that boosts innovation, while the latter indicates it might hinder social cohesion and team performance. Addressing the gaps in existing research, this study explores tenure diversity and team familiarity as moderators in the age diversity–performance relationship. It hypothesises that tenure diversity can enhance knowledge exchange and innovation but may complicate social interactions, whereas high team familiarity might restrict new idea generation by homogenising knowledge. Empirical analysis conducted on a dataset of 21,370 observations from Japanese sake breweries reveals that tenure diversity and team familiarity are critical in moderating the effects of age diversity on NPD outcomes. These findings enrich the NPD literature by highlighting the importance of demographic diversity and provide new insights into managing age-related dynamics in team settings. The study underscores the need for managerial strategies that leverage demographic diversity to enhance NPD effectiveness.
DOI 10.1142/s1363919624500166
ISSN 1363-9196/1757-5877
PermalinkURL https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/pdf/10.1142/S1363919624500166