Adopting a contingency framework, this paper explores consequences of manufacturing outsourcing and product/process newness for R&D–manufacturing coordination. Based on case-study findings, the following coordination challenges are outlined: accessing manufacturing competence and understanding suppliers’ processes (outsourcing of manufacturing and high newness); receiving feedback from supplier...

What is the relationship between knowledge strategy and firm performance? The impact of the same knowledge strategy on firm performance is inconsistent. We identify two dimensions of knowledge strategy: knowledge newness and knowledge diversity which are the important factors of organizational knowledge. This study argue that the effect of knowledge strategy on firm performance is contingent on...

We examine a “mere newness bias,” a preference for novelty purely due to recentness of release. In a series of studies, we show that, for newer and older products of identical quality, people prefer newly released goods over older goods across a range of domains. This bias translates to a higher willing to pay, greater anticipated excitement, and higher likelihood of purchase for products perce...

We present a trainable hierarchical architecture capable of detecting newness (or outliers) at all hierarchical levels. This contribution paves the way for deep neural architectures that are able to learn in an incremental fashion, for which the ability to detect newness is an indispensable prerequisite. We verify the ability to detect newness by conducting experiments on the MNIST database, wh...

whenever there is a debt on someone, the debtor can pay back his debt and ask the creditor for a clearance. should the creditor refuse to accept the debt, this could be construed as an abuse and harm to the debtor who can turn to the court or any other competent authority. the court or the other competent authority could accept the debt on behalf of the creditor. in case the debtor is not able ...