4. Globally Distributed Product Innovation: Efficacy of Distributed Teams1

—Bilal Gokpinar, Department of Management Science and Innovation, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom

—Wallace J. Hopp, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA

—Seyed M. R. Iravani, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA

Abstract

Changes in the global economy and technological advances are stimulating increased geographic distribution of new product design and development efforts. For large organizations that design and develop complex products, this geographic distribution has added a new layer of complexity to product development operations. ...

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