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Research Interests

 

  • Product development organizations
  • Product architecture
  • Innovation management and creativity
  • Social networks (theory and methods)

 

Publications and Working Papers

Refereed journal articles:

  1. Sosa, M. 2008. A structured approach to predicting and managing technical interactions in software development. Research in Engineering Design (in press).
  2. Sosa, M., S. Eppinger, C. Rowles. 2007. A network approach to define modularity of components in complex products. ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 129 (11) 1118-1129.
  3. Sosa, M., S. Eppinger, C. Rowles. 2004. The misalignment of product architecture and organizational structure in complex product development. Mgmt. Sci. 50(12) 1674-1689.
  4. Sosa, M., S. Eppinger, C. Rowles. 2003. Identifying modular and integrative systems and their impact on design team interactions. ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 125(2) 240-252.
  5. Sosa, M., S. Eppinger, M. Pich, D. McKendrick, S. Stout. 2002. Factors that influence technical communication in distributed product development: an empirical study in the telecommunications industry. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 49(1) 45-58.

Papers under review:

  1. Sosa, M. 2008. Where do creative interactions come from? The role of tie content and social networks. INSEAD working paper 2008/11/TOM. (Revised and resubmitted to Organization Science in early February 2008)
  1. Sosa, M., M. Gargiulo, C. Rowles. 2007. Component connectivity, team network structure, and the attention to technical interfaces in complex product development. INSEAD working paper 2007/68/TOM/OB. (Invited to revise and resubmit to Management Science, 2nd round, mid February 2008).

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Working paper:

  1. Sosa, M., T. Browning, and J. Mihm. 2007. Studying the dynamics of software architectures. First draft  published in the Proceedings of the 19th ASME Design Theory and Methodology Conference ("Best Paper award" recommendation. In preparation for journal submission).

Managerial journal and book chapters :

  1. Sosa, M., S. Eppinger, C. Rowles. 2007. Are your engineers talking to one another when should? Harvard Business Review (November).
  2. Sosa, M., J. Mihm. 2007. Organization design for new product development. Chapter for Loch, C. and Kavadias, S. (eds) Handbook of New Product Development Research.
  3. Sosa, M. 2008. Coordination networks in product development. 2008. Book chapter in preparation for Kleindorfer, P. and Wind, Y. (eds) Network-based Strategies and Competencies (forthcoming).

 

Research in progress

  1. Studying the co-evolution of products and organizations in open-source software development. (with J. Mihm and T. Browning). Data collection completed. Analysis in progress.
  2. The dynamics of technical communications when developing a complex system at Airbus(with G. Ertug). Data collection completed. Analysis in progress.
  3. Who do you seek information from when developing new products? The role of innovation catalysts and rework generators. Data collection completed. Analysis in progress.
  4. Experimentation in service innovation: An empirical study of call centers at Dell. (with K. Girotra and J. Mihm). Data collection in progress.
  5. Modeling the design of R&D organizations. (with V. Araman). Modeling approach. Analysis in progress.
  6. Centrality and response time in complex organizations (with M. Pich and G. Ertug). Data collection completed. Empirical analysis and simulation in progress.
  7. The process of new venture creation (with C. Zott). Conceptual research. Analysis in progress.