RESEARCH FORUM

Leading-edge research on issues of importance and practicality to PLM professionals.

The Research Forum gives practitioners the opportunity to learn about new insights into product development and to question researchers (many of whom have been working in NPD for years) directly on their findings. It also provides researchers the opportunity to get further validation of their findings (or not) and identify areas and questions for future research. A rare opportunity for researchers and practitioners to share knowledge about NPD.

The Research Forum identifies paths for future research and offers an excellent opportunity for learning and thinking about how this new knowledge might be used on your project or in your firm.

In addition to fifteen research papers which will be presented, the Research Forum will include presentations of research by dissertation award winners from 2003 and 2004. Do not miss this unique opportunity to learn from leading NPD researchers!

• Panel discussions on teaching entrepreneurship do's and don'ts
• Panel discussions on global innovation and NPD (practitioners and academics)
• Presentations of research by dissertation award winners (from 2002 and 2003). Don't miss this unique opportunity to learn from leading national NPD researchers!

FULL RESEARCH FORUM AGENDA

Saturday 23rd October | Sunday 24th October

SATURDAY 23rd OCTOBER
7:00 - 8:00 am	Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00 - 8:15 am	Welcome and Introduction Albert Page, University of Illinois, Chicago, and 2004 PDMA Research Conference Chair
8:15 - 10:00 am	Session One: Perspectives on Performance, Success and Speed-to-Market Session Chair: Frank Franzak, Virginia Commonwealth University "Innovation Project Performance and the Social Network of the Project Manager" by Mats Lingblad, London Business School. "Internal and External New Product Development Success - Empirical Findings From a Telecom Case Study" by Per Nesse and Bjorn Elvenes, Norwegian University of Science and Technology. "Speed-to-Market and Success in New Product Development: the Role of Uncertainty" by Richard Reilly, Jiyao Chen and Gary Lynn, Stevens Institute of Technology. Discussant: Cheryl Nakata, University of Illinois Chicago
10:00 - 10:30 am	Break
10:30 - 12:15 pm	Session Two: Senior Management and Best Practices Session Chair: Michael Manion, University of Wisconsin, Parkside "Effects of Top Management Team Demographic Composition on New Product Program Creativity" by Erwin Danneels, Worcester Polytechnic Institute. "The Role of Senior Managers in New Product Development: A Theoretical model" by Elisa Fredericks and Devake Rau, Northern Illinois University. "A Proposed NPD Best Practices Framework" by Kenneth Kahn, The University of Tennessee and Gloria Barczak, Northeastern University. Discussant: Marjorie Adams-Bigelow
12:15 - 1:15 pm	Lunch
1:15 - 3:00 pm	Session Three: Entrepreneurship, Start-ups and Radical Innovation Session Chair: K. Sivakumar, Lehigh University "Predictors of Resource Attainment Among Corporate Entrepreneuers: Executive Champion vs. Team Commitment" by Peter Koen, Stevens Institute of Technology; and Robert Baron, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. "Organizing for Radical Innovation: An Exploratory Study of the Structural Aspects of RI Management Systems in Large Established Firms" by Gina O'Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; and Richard DeMartino, Rochester Institute of Technology. "Do Intangible Assests and Pre-Founding R&D Efforts Matter for Innovation Speed in Start-Ups?" by Ans Heirman and Bart Clarysse, Ghent University. Discussant: Thomas Hustad, Indiana University
3:00 - 3:30 pm	Break
3:30 - 5:15 pm	Session Four: Unusual Perspectives on NPD Session Chair: Yili Huang, John Carroll University "An Exploratory Investigation of NPD Practices in Nonprofit Organizations" by Gloria Barczak, Northeastern University; and Kenneth Kahn, The University of Tennessee. "Ecologically Sustainable Product Innovation" by Dawood Abugharbieh, Portland State University. "Twenty Years of the Journal of Product Innovation Management: History, Participants and Knowledge Stock and Flows" by Wim Biemans, University of Groningen; Abbie Griffin, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; and Rudy Moenart, Tilburg University. Discussant: Roger Calantone, Michigan State University

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SUNDAY 24th OCTOBER
7:00 - 8:00 am	Continental Breakfast
8:00 - 9:45 am	Session Five: Structural Rigidity, Learning and Risk Taking in NPD Session Chair: Jun Yu, University of Illinois Chicago "Integrating Structure and Improvisation in NPD" by Enrique Nunez and Gary Lynn, Stevens Institute of Technology. "New Product Innovativeness: Encouraging Risk Taking or Quality Orientation?" by Rajesh Sethi and Anju Sethi, Clarkson University. "Stage Gate Process for New Product Development, Project Inflexibility, and Learning Failure" by Rajesh Sethi, Clarkson University and Zafar Iqbal, De Paul University. Discussant: Erik Jan Hultink, Delft University
9:45 - 10:15 am	Break
10:15 - noon	Session Six: Research Awards, Research Grants and Doctoral Dissertation Presentations Session Chair: Albert Page, University of Illinois Chicago "Market Vision for Radical New, High-Tech Products" by Susan Reid, Concordia University, 2003 PDMA Doctoral Dissertation Award Winner. Presentation of dissertation proposal by Mike McCardle, winner of 2004 PDMA Doctoral Dissertation Award.
Noon - 1:00 pm	Lunch
1:00 pm	Opening of General Conference

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