Purpose

This study aims to examine new product development (NPD) performance to identify effective knowledge update strategies and assess the impact of environmental uncertainty on these dynamics. It aims to understand how different knowledge potentials and organizational routines interact to enhance product outcomes. The specific subsidiary context enriches understanding by identifying challenges and opportunities that are not typically visible in broader organizational studies.

Design/methodology/approach

A survey of 310 business managers was conducted to measure their knowledge potential and organizational routine updating. The hypotheses were tested using hierarchical regression analysis to determine the optimal combinations of knowledge and practice updates for NPD performance.

Findings

Results indicate that both knowledge potential and organizational routine updating significantly enhance subsidiary performance. Specifically, knowledge accumulation paired with routine creation and knowledge difference paired with routine revision optimally boosts product development. Moreover, this study reveals an inverted U-shaped relationship between environmental uncertainty and the effectiveness of these combinations, suggesting a complex interplay that affects NPD performance.

Originality/value

This study enhances understanding of NPD performance by integrating resource concordance theory with empirical analysis of knowledge and organizational strategy adaptations. It underscores the moderating role of environmental uncertainty, offering new theoretical insights into enhancing product development performance. Although the focus on subsidiaries limits broader applicability, it provides valuable insights into the nuanced NPD dynamics in these specific entities, suggesting avenues for future research to expand this study’s findings across different organizational types.

中文翻译：

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知识潜力与组织常规更新契合度对子公司新产品开发绩效的影响

 目的

本研究旨在检查新产品开发 （NPD） 绩效，以确定有效的知识更新策略并评估环境不确定性对这些动态的影响。它旨在了解不同的知识潜力和组织例程如何相互作用以提高产品结果。特定的子公司环境通过识别在更广泛的组织研究中通常不可见的挑战和机遇来丰富理解。

设计/方法/方法

对 310 名业务经理进行了调查，以衡量他们的知识潜力和组织日常更新。使用分层回归分析对假设进行测试，以确定 NPD 绩效的知识和实践更新的最佳组合。

 发现

结果表明，知识潜力和组织常规更新都显著提高了子公司的绩效。具体来说，知识积累与常规创建相结合，知识差异与常规修订相结合，可以最佳地促进产品开发。此外，这项研究揭示了环境不确定性与这些组合的有效性之间的倒 U 形关系，表明影响 NPD 性能的复杂相互作用。

 原创性/价值

本研究通过将资源一致性理论与知识和组织战略调整的实证分析相结合，增强了对 NPD 绩效的理解。它强调了环境不确定性的调节作用，为提高产品开发绩效提供了新的理论见解。尽管对子公司的关注限制了更广泛的适用性，但它为这些特定实体中细微的 NPD 动态提供了有价值的见解，为未来的研究提供了将本研究结果扩展到不同组织类型的途径。