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Modelling and Optimizing Imperfect Maintenance of Coatings on Steel Structures
Nicolai, R.P.; Dekker, Rommert; Frenk, Frenk, J.B.G. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2007
Steel structures such as bridges, tanks and pylons are exposed to outdoor weathering conditions. In order to prevent them from corrosion they are protected by an organic coating system. Unfortunately, the coating system itself is also subject to deterioration. Imperfect maintenance actions such...
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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 …
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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. …
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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...
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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 …
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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
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Standards Education Policy Development: Observations based on APEC Research
Choi, Choi, D.G.; de Vries, de Vries, H.J.; Kim, Kim, D. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2009
This paper stems from a research project carried out for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) to make an inventory of national standards education policies. Twenty countries - sixteen Asia-Pacific economies and four European nations – have been investigated. The paper relates...
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