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Lean Production and Manufacturing Performance Improvement in Japan, the UK and US 1994-2001

Oliver, Nick; Delbridge, Rick; Barton, Harry - ESRC Centre for Business Research - 2002

This paper reports the findings of a longitudinal study into manufacturing performance, lean production principles and buyer supplier relations in the Japanese, US and UK automotive industries. A total of 26 first tier component makers in the three countries were subject to detailed benchmarking...

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Markets, Competition, Cooperation and Innovation.

Kitson, M; Michie, J; Quinn, M - ESRC Centre for Business Research - 2001

formally for the relationships between competition, inter-firm cooperation and innovation. Our results indicate that a high … relation to product innovation. …

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The Protection of Innovations

Atallah, Gamal - Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des … - 2004

higher levels of innovation and lower levels of secrecy. An increase in the size of the market, a reduction in the cost of … produits est associé avec davantage d'innovation et moins de protection. Une augmentation dans la taille du marché, une …

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Vertical R&D Spillovers, Cooperation, Market Structure, and Innovation

Atallah, Gamal - Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des … - 2000

are taken into account. The paper proposes a theory of innovation and market structure, showing that the relation between … innovation and competition depends on horizontal spillovers, vertical spillovers, and cooperative settings. The private … coopération verticale. Le papier propose une théorie reliant le degré d'innovation à la structure du marché: la relation entre la …

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Innovative Efforts as Determinants of Export Performance: The Case of Specialized Suppliers

Bourgault, Mario; Lefebvre, Élisabeth; Lefebvre, Louis A. - Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des … - 1995

This paper presents empirical evidence on the relationship between innovative efforts and performance on international markets for the specific case of small firms acting as specialized suppliers. In addition to tangible efforts such as R&D expenditures, intangible efforts are also considered....

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Management characteristics, collaboration and innovative efficiency: evidence from UK survey data

Cosh, Andy; Fu, Xiaolan; Hughes, Alan - ESRC Centre for Business Research - 2005

This paper explores the impact of management characteristics and patterns of collaboration on a firmÕs innovation … performance in transforming innovation resources into commercially successful outputs. These questions are investigated using a …

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Evaluation of researchers : a life cycle analysis of German academic economists

Rauber, Michael (contributor); … - 2006

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Tax Incentives: Issue and Evidence

Mohnen, Pierre - Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des … - 1999

This paper discusses the issue of R&D tax incentives: why these incentives?, what are their modalities?, their pros and cons?, are they effective? and are there alternatives to R&D tax incentives? Cet article fait le point sur l'utilité des incitations fiscales à la recherche-développement:...

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Learning Conditions in the Context of R&D and Development Projects: Empirical Evidence from a Research Centre

Bourgault, Mario; Sicotte, Hélène - Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des … - 1998

Today's changing environment is bringing about a major transformation of the way organizations operate. Most of the discussion about such evolving environment focuses on the necessity for organizations to continuously renew their stock of knowledge and competencies. This renewal takes place...

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Innovation in Germany : results of the german innovation survey

Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung - 2005-2008: Mannheim : ZEW - 2004(2005) - 2005(2006); 2007(2008) nachgewiesen

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