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

van Echtelt, van Echtelt, F.E.A.; Wynstra, Wynstra, J.Y.F. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (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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Currents and Sub-currents in the River of Innovations - Explaining Innovativeness using New-Product Announcements

Dolfsma, Wilfred; van der Panne, G. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (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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Optimal Storage Rack Design for a 3-dimensional Compact AS/RS

Le-Duc, Le-Duc, T.; de Koster, de Koster, M.B.M. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2005

In this paper, we consider a newly-designed automated storage and retrieval system (AS/RS). The system consists of an automated crane taking care of movements in the horizontal and vertical direction. A gravity conveying mechanism takes care of the depth movement. The aim of the research was to...

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Going, Going, Gone. Innovation and Exit in Manufacturing Firms

Cefis, Cefis, E.; Marsili, Marsili, O. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2007

This paper examines the effect of innovation on the risk of exit of a firm, distinguishing between different modes of … exits. Innovation represents a resource and a capability that helps a firm to build competitive advantage and remain in the … empirically by linking data on innovation and exits for a large sample of manufacturing firms in the Netherlands. The results show …

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Product Intelligence: Its Conceptualization, Measurement and Impact on Consumer Satisfaction

Rijsdijk, Rijsdijk, S.A.; Hultink, Hultink, E.J.; … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2007

framework in which product intelligence leads to consumer satisfaction through the innovation attributes of relative advantage …

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Why Are Some Entrepreneurs More Innovative Than Others?

Koellinger, Philipp - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2007

The study provides theoretical insights and empirical evidence on the emergence of different types and degrees of entrepreneurial innovativeness. The results suggest that entrepreneurial innovativeness depends both on individual factors and on the environment in which the individual lives. In...

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Determining Number of Zones in a Pick-and-pack Orderpicking System

Le-Duc, Le-Duc, T.; de Koster, de Koster, M.B.M. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2005

In this study we consider a pick-to-pack orderpicking system, in which batches of orders are picked simultaneously from different(work) zones by a group of order pickers. After picking, the orders are transported by a conveyor to the next station for packing. Our aim is to determine the optimal...

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Shunting of Passenger Train Units in a Railway Station

Huisman, Dennis; Freling, Freling, R.; Lentink, … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2002

In this paper we introduce the problem of shunting passenger train units in a railway station. Shunting occurs whenever train units are temporarily not necessary to operate a given timetable. We discuss several aspects of this problem and focus on two subproblems. We propose mathematical models...

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Circulation of Railway Rolling Stock: A Branch-and-Price Approach

Peeters, Peeters, M.; Kroon, Kroon, L.G. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2003

We describe an algorithmic approach to determine an efficient railway rolling stock circulation on a single line or on a set of interacting lines. Given the timetable and the passengers? seat demand, we develop a branch-and-price algorithm that results in an allocation of rolling stock material...

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Inventory strategies for systems with fast remanufacturing

van der Laan, Erwin; Teunter, Teunter, R.H.; Vlachos, … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2002

We describe hybrid manufacturing/remanufacturing systems with a long lead time for manufacturing and a short lead time for remanufacturing. We review the classes of inventory strategies for hybrid systems in the literature. These are all based on equal lead times. For systems with slow...

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