BUT WHO LEARNS WHAT ? ON THE RISKS OF KNOWLEDGE ACCUMULATION THROUGH NETWORKED LEARNING IN R&D

Product development has long been recognized as an activity vital for a company success (Roussel et al., 1991; Cooper, 1998; Golder, 2000). Many factors influence it and there is no consensus among researchers which of them have positive or negative effects (Balachandra and Friar, 1997). Similarly, there exist different points of view on what product development process is (Brown and Eisenhardt, 1995). Clearly, when people communicate with each other they exchange knowledge. Researchers study such issues as knowledge transfer, knowledge sharing, knowledge management in RD Boutellier et al., 1998). These issues are important since new products are often complex and their development requires multidisciplinary areas of expertise (Zirger and Maidique, 1990). So every new product can be seen is a result of collective work, utilizing individual knowledge brought in by the team members.

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