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Ergonomics Contributions to Company Strategies
Dul, Jan; Neumann, Neumann, W.P. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2008
Managers usually associate ergonomics with occupational health and safety and related legislation, not with business performance. In many companies, these decision makers seem not to be positively motivated to apply ergonomics for reasons of improving health and safety. In order to strengthen...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010731140
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Why New Business Development Projects Fail: Coping with the Differences of Technological versus Market Knowledge
Van Den Bosch, Frans A J; Burgers, Burgers, J.H.; … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2007
Managing through projects has become important for generating new knowledge to cope with technological and market discontinuities. This paper examines how the fit between the creation of technological and market knowledge and important project management characteristics, i.e. project autonomy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010731292
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What Turns Knowledge into Innovative Products? The Role of Entrepreneurship and Knowledge Spillovers
Block, Joern H.; Thurik, Roy; Zhou, Zhou, H. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2009
entrepreneurship with respect to economic performance. This paper uses the knowledge spillover theory to explain different innovation …-to-the-market innovation but has no effect on the relationship between knowledge and new-to-the-firm innovation. Our results using European … chances that knowledge will become new-to-the-market innovation. The findings highlight the importance of Schumpeterian …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010730854
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Can the Office Environment Stimulate a Manager’s Creativity?
Dul, Jan; Ceylan, Ceylan, C.; Aytac, Aytac, S. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2008
to an organization’s innovation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010730933
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Developing Innovative Competences in an Emerging Business System: New Private Enterprises in Hangzhou’s Software Industry
Greeven, Greeven, M.J.; Xiaodong, Xiaodong, Z. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2009
What kind of innovative competences are credibly developed by private entrepreneurs in China’s transition economy? On the basis of original empirical fieldwork in 45 software enterprises in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, we propose a working theory of innovative competence development in an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010731002
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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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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010731443
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Strategic and Operational Management of Supplier Involvement in New Product Development: a Contingency Perspective
van Echtelt, van Echtelt, F.E.A.; Wynstra, Wynstra, J.Y.F. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (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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Appropriability in Services
Dolfsma, Wilfred - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2005
paper I take a closer look at one aspect of innovation in services: appropriability. I discuss the different elements that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010837550
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Inkoop, Leveranciers en Innovatie: Van VOC tot Space Shuttle
Wynstra, Wynstra, J.Y.F. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2006
Eindhoven, and Uppsala University (Sweden). His research is focused on the role of suppliers in product innovation and has been …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010837394