7 Flashcards
INNOVATION CHALLENGES IN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
1-4
- Lightweight engineering
- Automated Driving
- Drivetrain Electrification
- Car Connectivity
The Network: managing partnerships
1-4
1 theory-centric
2 customer-centric
3 technology-centric
4 process-centric
The Network: managing partnerships
1 theory-centric
- understand transition from resource-based view to relational view of the firm
The Network: managing partnerships
2 customer-centric
- uncover critical interdependencies within the network
The Network: managing partnerships
3 technology-centric
- link between product architecture and network structure
The Network: managing partnerships
4 process-centric
- explore the role of network orchestration
Resource-based View of the Firm
- multiple business units/ subsidiaries
- operating in isolation
- rent creation through resource possession & control by the firm
Relational View of the Firm
- embedded in a web of relationships (network)
- rent creation through shared resources between network members
Relational Rent
- are supernormal profits
- jointly created in an exchange relationship
- cannot be generated by either firm in isolation
Sources of Relational rents
1 complementary resource endowments
2 interim relation-specific assets
3 interim knowledge sharing routine
4 effective interim governance
Sources of Relational rents
1 complementary resource endowments
- distinctive resources that generate greater rents together
- more than sum of each alone
-> modularity of network and dual network strategy
Sources of Relational rents
2 interim relation-specific assets
- specialized assets in conjunction with assets of a partner
-> jointly develop assets
-> integrated development and manufacturing
Sources of Relational rents
3 interim knowledge sharing routine
- interfirm interactions that transfer/Recombinate/create knowledge
-> regular working group meetings and use of Windchill PLM
Sources of Relational rents
4 effective interim governance
- governance mechanisms to minimize transaction costs
- formal = contracts
- informal = trust
-> network management function and clear contractual arrangements
Opportunities of Innovating in networks
1-4
1 enable learning (access to external knowledge base - new to market)
2 increase responsiveness (respond to market changes - fit-to-market)
3 reduce uncertainty (sharing risk and costs - cost-to-market)
4 save time (collaboration is faster - time-to-market)