Factors influencing knowledge transfer between NPD teams: a taxonomic analysis based on a sociotechnical approach

This paper sets out a taxonomy of the main factors influencing knowledge transfer ( KT ) between new product development ( NPD ) teams, based upon a sociotechnical approach whose framework consists of personnel, technological, work design, and external environment subsystems. The taxonomy was constructed from a literature survey combined with: (1) interviews and focus groups conducted with NPD experts and (2) a principal component analysis...