Green new product development and supplier involvement: strategic partnership for green innovation

Lee, Ki Hoon; Kim, Ji Whan

Abstract

Integrating environmental concerns into New Product Development (NPD) have become a strategic issue for corporate competitiveness. Despite increasing attention of green products in supply chain management, there is a gap between emerging green NPD and existing mainstream NPD literature. In attempting to bridge this gap, this study presents a case where the Korean Electronics and its key suppliers succeeded in managing environmental challenges and developing a green refrigerator through a collaborative relationship. A case study approach is used to develop a better understanding of the NPD process and the critical factors that contributed to the realisation of a green refrigerator. This study found that critical success factors for green NPD include technology and management factors, as well as cooperativeness and power balance for collaborative relationships. This paper suggests a route to practicing mutually beneficial final manufacturer-supplier relationships through green NPD activities.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: Oct 31, 2014
• Publication Date: 2012
• Deposit Date: Apr 19, 2024
• Journal: International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development
• Print ISSN: 1740-8822
• Electronic ISSN: 1740-8830
• Publisher: Inderscience
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 6
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 290
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1504/ijisd.2012.047841
• Keywords: Management of Technology and Innovation; Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/3597176