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The Management of Innovation in Project Based Firms

Keegan, Keegan, A.; Turner, Turner, J.R. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2000

Innovation is an important area of management theory, but there is a paucity of research on innovation in project based … current managerial challenges. In this paper we research innovation in twenty project based firms. We identify three key areas … of innovation from the theoretical literature and conduct empirical research, discovering (1) whether project based firms …

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Social Identity and Social Exchange: Identification, Support, and Withdrawal from the Job

van Knippenberg, van Knippenberg, D.L.; van Dick, van … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2005

Integrating insights from the social exchange perspective and the social identity perspective on the psychological relationship between the individual and the organization, we propose that evaluations of the support received from the organization and its representatives, and organizational...

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The Adaptive Consequences of Pride in Personal Selling

Verbeke, Verbeke, W.J.M.I.; Belschak, Belschak, F.D.; … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2004

Study 1 investigates the beneficial effects of experiencing pride. Pride was found to have two different effects. First, it increases salespersons' performance-related motivations. Specifically, it promotes adaptive selling strategies, greater effort, and self-efficacy. Secondly, it positively...

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Overoptimism among Founders: The Role of Information and Motivation

Verheul, Ingrid; Carree, Martin Anthony - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2008

between two main groups of determinants (information, motivation) and three types of overoptimism (income, psychological … benefits are closely related to the initial motivation for starting up the business. …

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Stimulating Strategically Aligned Behaviour Among Employees

van Riel, van Riel, C.B.M.; Berens, Berens, G.A.J.M.; … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2007

In recent years it has become increasingly important for companies to ensure strategically aligned behaviour, i.e., employee actions that are consistent with the company’s strategy. This study provides insights into the way companies can stimulate such behaviour through motivating and...

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Stimulating Strategically Aligned Behaviour among Employees

van Riel, van Riel, C.B.M.; Berens, Berens, G.A.J.M.; … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2008

by stimulating employee motivation and by informing employees, and by stimulating the development of their capabilities …. Second, among the efforts to stimulate motivation among employees, providing a rationale for the strategy and an open …

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Why Do European Venture Capital Companies Syndicate?

Manigart, Manigart, S.; Bruining, Bruining, J.; … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2002

Financial theory, resource-based theory and access to deal flow are used to explain syndication practices among European venture capital (VC) firms. The desire to share risk and increase portfolio diversification is a more important motive for syndication than the desire to access additional...

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Unraveling Scientific Impact

Stremersch, Stefan; Camacho, Camacho, N.M.A.; Vanneste, … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2014

The number of citations a paper receives is the most commonly used measure of scientific impact. In this paper, we study not only the number but also the type of citations that 659 marketing articles generated. We discern five citation types: application, affirmation, negation, review and...

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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 …

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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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