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Ende, J.C.M. van den - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2008

Innovation offers many opportunities for corporations. That is beyond dispute. The only question is how to make the … most of them. In this lecture, I show what the process of innovation entails; I give examples of successful and failed … management of the innovation process and the organisation of system innovation. Research findings show how companies can improve …

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Absorptive Capacity: Antecedents, Models and Outcomes

Bosch, F.A.J. van den; Wijk, R.A.J.L. van; Volberda, H.W. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2003

This chapter focuses on the gap between the speed of proliferation of theoretical and empirical contributions and the speed of accumulation of the acquired scientific knowledge regarding absorptive capacity. To contribute to narrowing this gap, we will in particular review the conceptual...

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Innovation, learning and cluster dynamics

Nooteboom, B. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2004

innovation. It employs an analysis of three types of embedding: institutional embedding, which is often localized, structural …. It employs results from earlier research in organizational learning and innovation, and in the management of inter …

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Managing Supplier Involvement in New Product Development: A Multiple-Case Study

Echtelt, F.E.A. van; Wynstra, J.Y.F.; Weele, A.J. van; … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2006

Existing studies of supplier involvement in new product development have mainly focused on project-related short-term processes and success-factors. This study validates and extends an existing exploratory framework, which comprises both long-term strategic processes and short-term operational...

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Using Networks For Changing Innovation Strategy: The Case of IBM

Dittrich, K.; Duysters, G.M.; Man, A-P. de - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2004

Large-scale strategic change projects in companies may be supported by using alliance networks. This paper shows that IBMâ€™s change from an exploitation strategy towards an exploration strategy required a radically different network strategy as well. By entering into more non-equity...

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Empirical Tests Of Optimal Cognitive Distance

Wuyts, S.H.K.; Colombo, M.G.; Dutta, S.; Nooteboom, B. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2004

This article provides empirical tests of the hypothesis of â€˜optimal cognitive distanceâ€™, proposed by Nooteboom (1999, 2000), in two distinct empirical settings. Variety of cognition, needed for learning, has two dimensions: the number of agents with different cognition, and...

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Can the Office Environment Stimulate a Managerâ€™s Creativity?

Ceylan, C.; Dul, J.; Aytac, S. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2008

contribute to an organizationâ€™s innovation. …

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Strategic and Operational Management of Supplier Involvement in New Product Development: a Contingency Perspective

Echtelt, F.E.A. van; Wynstra, J.Y.F.; Weele, A.J. van - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2007

This paper examines how firms succeed to leverage supplier involvement in product development. The paper extends earlier work on managing supplier involvement by providing an integrated analysis of results, processes and conditions both at the level of individual development projects and the...

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Currents and Sub-currents in the River of Innovations - Explaining Innovativeness using New-Product Announcements

Dolfsma, W.A.; Panne, G. van der - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2006

In their seminal paper, Acs and Audretsch (1988) analyze innovation patterns across industries and identify several … innovation; industries characterized by increased shares of skilled labor and large firms provide favorable conditions for … innovation. By analyzing a new and more consciously compiled database, we re-examine their original claims. Our results largely …

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Density And Strength Of Ties In Innovation Networks: A Competence And Governance View

Nooteboom, B.; Gilsing, V.A. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2004

This article studies density and strength of ties in innovation networks. It combines issues of â€˜competenceâ€™ with …. Evidence is presented from two longitudinal empirical studies of the emergence and development of networks in the multimedia …

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