1 Restructuring Product Development and Production Networks: Introduction to the Book.- The Challenge of Time to Market: Responses by Industries.- 2 Shortening Lead Time through Early Problem-solving - A New Round of Capability-building Competition in the Auto Industry.- 3 The Machine Tool Industry: New Market Challenges and the Crisis of the Traditional German Pattern of Innovation.- 4 Turnkey Production Networks: The Organizational Delinking of Production from Innovation.- 5 Making Large Teams Work Like Small Teams: Product Development at Microsoft.- Comparing National-specific Approaches in the Machine Tool, Automobile and PC Industries.- 6 Communication and Cooperation in the New Product and Process Development Networks - an International Comparison of Country- and Industry-specific Patterns.- 7 Reorganizing Process Chains in the German and American Machine Tool Industry.- 8 The Italian Machine Tool Industry Towards Product Development Networks.- 9 Changing Strategies and Processes in the Japanese Machine Tool Product Development.- 10 Reorganizing the Product and Process Development of an Italian Car Manufacturer.- 11 Toward New Product and Process Development Networks: The Case of the German Car Industry.- 12 Involving Manufacturing Employees in the Early Stages of Product Development: A Case Study from the U.S. Automobile Industry.- 13 The New Product Development System of the Japanese Automobile Industry.- 14 Reduction of Development Lead Time Through Improvements in the Development Process and Innovations in Production Technology - Reconfirmation of Japanese-Style Supplier Relations. Evidence from a Case Study.- 15 Industry Hegemony and Company Product Development Performance in the Personal Computer Industry.- Potential and Use of Information and Communication Technology.- 16 Information and Communication Technologies to Support Cooperation in the Product Development Process.- 17 CAD/CAM Utilization Patterns in Japan and Germany.- Beyond the Management and Engineering Perspective.- 18 Knowledge Management is the Key Prerequisite for the Improvement of New Product and Process Development.- 19 Creating Systemic Capability for Consistent High Performance New Product Development.- 20 General Conclusion.