Similar Search Results

Corporate technological competence and the evolution of technological diversification

Fai, Felicia M. - 2003

change. The book explores the changing nature of this diversification with respect to firm size, technological relatedness …-purpose technologies. Although historically, diversification is associated with an increase in firm size, the author argues that in recent …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473748

Industrial diversification and innovation : an international study of the aerospace industry

Texier, François - 2000

This innovative and clearly written book examines the process of diversification as a strategy to promote innovation … industry, using cases of diversification at Dassault (France), Saab (Sweden) and Daewoo (South Korea), the author examines … diversification process. He then uses these findings to propose a new, original model for diversification. Key features include: * an …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473872

Diversity in the knowledge economy and society : heterogeneity, innovation and entrepreneurship

Kaloudis, Aris (contributor); … - 2008

: diversification of innovative efforts in Norwegian firms / Eric J. Iversen -- 10. Heterogeneity and knowledge-intensive business …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850721

Industrial innovation and firm performance : the impact of scientific knowledge on multinational corporations

Kafouros, Mario I. - 2008

It has long been recognized that R&D plays a key role in the global battle for technological leadership. However, due to intense competition and rivals' imitations, firms are not always able to reap rewards from their innovations. Mario Kafouros theoretically and empirically examines the impacts...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473775

Concise introduction to performance management

Bourne, Mike; Bourne, Pippa - 2023

"Our Elgar Concise Introductions are inspiring and considered. They explain the key principles in business and are expertly written by some of the world's leading scholars. The aims of the series are two-fold: to pinpoint essential concepts of business and management, and to offer insights that...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014372518

The governance of privatization funds : experiences of the Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovenia

Estrin, Saul (ed.); Simoneti, Marko (ed.); … - 1999

Privatization investment funds are the key feature of mass privatization programmes in transitional economies. This book offers a thorough survey of mass privatization programmes in the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovenia, supported with extensive empirical analysis. The study of 'top-down'...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473812

Economics of research and development

Hall, Bronwyn H. (contributor) - 2016

Recommended readings (Machine generated): Kenneth J. Arrow (1962), 'Economic Welfare and the Allocation of Resources for Invention', in Richard R. Nelson (ed.), The Rate and Direction of Inventive Activity: Economic and Social Factors, Chapter 23, Princeton, New Jersey, USA: Princeton University...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419896

Elgar encyclopedia of healthcare management

Lega, Federico (ed.) - 2023

"Management practices within the healthcare sector are shaped by a multitude of professional, social, political and technical factors. This Elgar Encyclopedia of Healthcare Management provides insights and definitions on essential themes that clarify complexity and specificity of leading within...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014372525

Measuring organizational performance : metrics for entrepreneurship and strategic management research

Carton, Robert B. - 2006

There is great discussion but little consensus on the best measures of organizational performance. This book redresses this imbalance. Measuring Organizational Performance offers a framework with which to better understand the implications of selecting variables for use in both empirical studies...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851199

Evaluation and performance measurement of research and development : techniques and perspectives for multi-level analysis

Chiesa, Vittorio - 2009

This book develops and illustrates a comprehensive, multi-level framework for the evaluation of industrial R&D activities and the measurement of their performances. The framework encompasses a set of hierarchical, interrelated levels at which R&D evaluation and performance measurement could be...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851892