Search Results - subject:"technical innovation"

Work styles, attitudes, and productivity of scientists in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom: A comparison by gender

Woerdeman, Dara L.; Rodgers, Yana van der Meulen - In: Management Revue 17 (2006) 2, pp. 184-202

With scientific research growing increasingly multidisciplinary in nature, team playing and communication skills have become critical in the achievement of scientific breakthroughs. This study adds valuable evidence to the oft-cited 'productivity puzzle' in the sciences by comparing the work...

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Work styles, attitudes, and productivity of scientists in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom : a comparison by gender

Woerdeman, Dara L.; Rodgers, Yana van der Meulen - In: Management revue : socio-economic studies 17 (2006) 2, pp. 184-202

With scientific research growing increasingly multidisciplinary in nature, team playing and communication skills have become critical in the achievement of scientific breakthroughs. This study adds valuable evidence to the oft-cited “productivity puzzle” in the sciences by comparing the work...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009771409

Mobile TV-Launch in Germany - Challenges and Implications

Trefzger, Jochen - 2005

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Ordinary atypical workers, participation within the firm and innovation : a theoretical endeavor and empirical outlook

Torka, Nicole; Looise, Jan Kees; Zagelmeyer, Stefan - In: Management revue : socio-economic studies 22 (2011) 3, pp. 221-239

This paper offers a theoretical exploration and empirical outlook towards a triptych heretofore not properly investigated: atypical work (e.g., self-employed, agency workers, and workers with a fixed-term contract), participation within the firm, and innovation. How, it must be asked, can and...

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Ordinary Atypical Workers, Participation within the Firm and Innovation: A Theoretical Endeavor and Empirical Outlook

Torka, Nicole; Looise, Jan Kees; Zagelmeyer, Stefan - In: management revue. Socio-economic Studies 22 (2011) 3, pp. 221-239

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Linking organizational learning with technical innovation and organizational culture

Sanz‐Valle, Raquel; Naranjo‐Valencia, Julia C.; … - In: Journal of Knowledge Management 15 (2011) 6, pp. 997-1015

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effect of organizational learning on technical innovation and the …/methodology/approach – After reviewing the literature on organizational learning and its relationship with both, technical innovation and … organizational learning is positively associated with technical innovation and that organizational culture can foster both …

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Uptake of Sexed Semen by UK Suckler Beef Producers

Franks, J.R.; Telford, D.J.; Beard, A.P. - International Farm Management Association - IFMA - 2003

Dairy farmers have been able to use sexed semen from dairy breeds to pre-determine the sex of calves since 2000, sexed semen from beef bulls is not currently commercially available, but is expected within 2 years. A survey of a stratified random sample of suckler cow farmers is used to identify...

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The Emergence of Disruption

Buchta, Christian; Meyer, David; Mild, Andreas; … - 2002

We study the influence of technological efficiency and organizational inertia on the emergence of competition when firms decide myopically. Using an agent-based computer simulation model, we observe the competitive reaction of a former monopolist to the advent of a new competitor.(...)

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Monopoly innovation and welfare effects

Yao, Shuntian; Gan, Lydia - In: Economics - The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 4 (2010), pp. 1-21

technical innovation carried out by a monopolist could significantly increase the social welfare. We conclude that, in general …

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Subsidizing Technological Innovations in the Presence of R&D Spillovers

Helm, Carsten; Schöttner, Anja - 2007

We analyze a situation where a principal wants to induce two firms to produce an output, e.g. electricity from renewable energy sources. Firms can undertake non-contractible investments to reduce production cost of the output. Part of these investments spills over and also reduces productioncost...

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