The Effect of Customer Co-development on Firm Value

고객참여 제품개발이 기업 가치에 미치는 영향

  • Jongkuk Lee (Ewha School of Business, Ewha Womans University)
  • 이종국 (이화여자대학교, 경영대학)
  • Received : 2010.08.05
  • Accepted : 2010.10.07
  • Published : 2010.10.31

Abstract

Customer participation is a strategic tool to facilitate the process of developing new products. This study distinguishes between two types of customer participation - customer codevelopment and contract development, and examines the benefits of customer codevelopment relative to contract development for firm value through an event study. The analysis of customer participation announcements in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries shows that the benefits of customer codevelopment relative to contract development on firm value are contingent upon firm- and relationship- level factors. Specifically, this study finds that the announcement of customer codveloplment contributes better to abnormal stock returns of a firm when the firm has a higher level of R&D relationship experience or when the customer codevelpment is complemented by formal contract terms, such as equity investment. The findings of this study provide important theoretical and managerial implications by revealing the boundary conditions for the benefits of customer codevelopment relative to contract development.

기업의 신제품 개발과정에서 고객참여는 중요한 전략적 역할을 한다. 본 연구는 고객참여를 고객공동개발 (customer co-development) 과 계약개발 (contract development) 로 구분하고, 고객참여 발표가 기업 가치에 미치는 영향을 이벤트 연구를 통해 분석한다. 바이오 및 제약 산업에 대한 분석을 통해, 본 연구는 계약개발 대비 고객공동 개발이 기업 가치에 미치는 영향은 기업 및 관계 변수에 의해 조절됨을 밝힌다. 특히, 본 연구는 연구개발 협력경험이 많을 때 또는 지분투자를 동반할 때, 고객공동개발이 계약개발에 비해 기업 가치에 양의 영향을 미침을 보여준다.

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Acknowledgement

This work was supported by the Ewha Womans University Research Grant of 2009