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Managing large software project in general, and the implementation of ERPs in particular, entails several risks. Such was project Harmonie the implementation of SAP R/3 in support of the human resources, finance, and materials management processes at Hydro-Quebec. The size of the project, along...
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Notwithstanding the domain of activities where they are conducted, projects often entail risks, and risk management has been widely recognized as a success factor in project management. While several lists of risk factors have been proposed in several domains, there exists no generic tool for...
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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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This paper introduces dynamics in the R&D to innovation and innovation to productivity relationships, which have mostly … Community Innovation Survey. The results provide evidence of robust unidirectional causality from innovation to productivity and … of stronger persistence in productivity than in innovation. Dans ce papier, nous introduisons de la dynamique dans le …
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This paper addresses the paradox between an increasing share of employment and a lower productivity growth of Canadian … innovation towards services and, related to this, a shift of consumer preferences towards these new services. If R&D figures are … un déplacement de l'innovation vers les services et, relié à cela, un déplacement des préférences vers les services. Les …
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product innovation in manufacturing. The strongest productivity effects are derived from organizational innovation. We find …We propose a model where both R&D and ICT investment feed into a system of three innovation output equations (product …, process and organizational innovation), which ultimately feeds into a productivity equation. We find that ICT investment and …
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Using a unique panel data of Dutch innovation and financial variables we empirically investigate how financing and … innovation vary across firm characteristics. The study also tries to gauge the extent of market failure due to the presence of …, debt financing and innovation choices are not independent of firm characteristics such as age, size, and existing leverage …
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This description, produced within the CIRANO research program on productivity, seeks to unearth the innovative economic …
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This description, produced within the CIRANO research program on productivity, seeks to unearth the innovative economic …
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the impact of training on productivity decrease dramatically with age, suggesting that incentives for firms to invest in …
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