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innovation. This paper sets out to question this tendency to equate projects and innovation which, in our view, can lead to the … improper use of projects to manage innovation. We argue that, in line with the work on project classification, a distinction …
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This paper explores the links between Knowledge Management and new community-based models of the organization from both a theoretical and an empirical perspective. From a theoretical standpoint, we look at Communities of Practice (CoPs) and Knowledge Management (KM) and explore the links between...
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This paper explores the contribution of communal structures such as Communities of Practice (CoPs) on intraorganizational Knowledge Management (KM). First, we look at intraorganizational knowledge management and explore the role that information systems can play. We introduce the idea of...
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This paper proposes and empirically investigates two strategies that companies can employ to involve indirect suppliers in new product development (NPD): supply network delegation; and supply network intervention. The implications of the two strategies are explored. The paper brings together the...
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The new generation of network-based organizations has triggered the emergence of distributed and more complex contexts for the analysis of firms' strategies. This gradual change in the way we understand enterprises has induced radical evolutions on the Quality Management domain. As a...
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literature proves the importance of the process role in the effectiveness of virtual research and development (R&D) teams for new product development (NPD). However, the factors that make process construct in a virtual R&D team are still unclear. The manager of virtual R&D teams for NPD does not...
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At present, the existing literature shows that the factors which influence the effectiveness of virtual teams for new product development are still ambiguous. To address this problem, a research design was developed, which includes detailed literature review, preliminary model and field survey....
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innovation within sport clusters. ICB is defined as discretionary and voluntary behaviour of organisations within a cluster that … is not formally rewarded but promotes the functioning of the cluster. The innovation of sport through sport equipment …, hence product innovation, is subject of this research. Sport clusters are geographic concentrations of interconnected …
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(innovation), then may imitate the attributes of the competing product and finally compete in price. At the equilibrium, the firm … benchmark firm sometimes decreases strategically its attribute index in order to diminish its unit cost of innovation and the …
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development of responsible innovation in the financial services industry; and to provide grounds for policy recommendations … industry. Findings - New Product Committees can serve a practical approach to responsible innovation in finance. Originality …
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