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Experience‐based learning in innovation and production

Year: 2008

Type: article

Abstract: How can we model and document the impact of experience in product innovation? We use data on the innovation and production histories of 294 product platforms to explore experience‐based learning. We extend learning curve concepts from their traditional domain – the production process – into the product innovation process to build and test a richer, quantitative model of learning. The results suggest that learning occurs differently in the innovation process than in production. They also suggest that how and where a firm learns depend in part on the complexity of product components and sub‐systems. Finally, we discuss the competitive implications for product innovation.

Source: R and D Management

DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9310.2008.00504.x

Authors: Mark Pruett, Howard Thomas

Institutions: Appalachian State University, University of Warwick

Language: English

Topic: Product Development and Customization

Subfield: Management of Technology and Innovation

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: Appalachian State University, University of Warwick, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign