01843nas a2200169   4500008004100000245008000041210006900121260000900190300001000199490000700209520128700216653003201503100001601535700002401551700002001575856007801595       2010                        eng d00aUnderstanding Antecedents of New Product Development Speed: A Meta-Analysis0 aUnderstanding Antecedents of New Product Development Speed A Met  c2010  a17-330 v283 aNew product development speed is a key component of time-based strategy, which has becoming increasingly important for managing innovation in a fast-changing business environment. This meta-analytic review assesses the generalizability of the relationships between NPD speed and 17 of its antecedents to provide a better understanding of the salient and cross-situationally consistent factors that affect NPD speed. We grouped the antecedents into four categories of strategy, project, process, and team, and found that process and team characteristics are more generalizable and cross-situationally consistent determinants of NPD speed than strategy and project characteristics. We also conducted subgroup analyses and found that research method variables, such as level of analysis, source of data, and measurement of speed, moderate the relationships between NPD speed and its antecedents. We apply the study’s findings to assess several models of NPD speed, such as the balanced model of product development, the strategic orientation and organizational capability model, the compression vs. the experiential model, the centrifugal and centripetal model, and the product development cycle time model. We also discuss the implications of our findings for research and practice.10aStrategy & Entrepreneurship1 aChen, Jiyao1 aDamanpour, Fariborz1 aReilly, Richard  uhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272696309000436#secx22