The interrelationship among learning environment, knowledge process and new product development performance

Knowledge process is the core process in new product development, and is also an organizational learning process which is affected by learning environment. In this paper, an empirical research was conducted to explore the mechanism and paths of the interaction among learning environment, knowledge process and new product development performance. The findings indicate that the learning environment is directly and positively related to knowledge process of new product development and thereby influence the new product development performance; Knowledge process which acts as the core process in new product development is directly and positively influence the new product development performance.

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