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This paper aims to identify key elements of innovative culture using innovation audit tools. The research seeks to … determine if factors such as the ability to collaborate are important in building a culture that supports innovation. Many firms … these practices, organisations need a culture that supports collaborations and a systematic approach to managing innovation …
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In a freer global market economy, design, product development and production are no longer framed by geographical boundaries. Increasingly, the creative process requires more specialized solutions coordinated by the work of multi and interdisciplinary project teams that no longer exercise their...
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In pursuing sustainable competitive advantage, firms undertake a range of strategic initiatives such as innovation … interaction of two or more strategies. This study explores the interaction between two strategies, innovation and market … orientation, and identifies key components of the market orientation construct as antecedent factors of the innovation performance …
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This paper presents an aspect of ongoing research into the management of innovation as a business system, recognizing …. Some Australian case study material is drawn on to characterise the life cycle of an innovation and decisions relating to … value extraction. Ideas for characterising the process of innovation in terms of exploration, exploitation and bridging …
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of innovation in buyer seller relationships. Increasingly, innovation generation has been recognized as an outcome of … innovation generation. Clearly, business market relationships provide an important opportunity for interaction between buyer and … seller. Despite this realization, only very limited research has focused on innovation generation in business …
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As the dynamics of innovation systems vary greatly between industries, policy-makers need to find specific critical … illustrate how a policy-relevant analytical template can both analyze innovation and suggest areas for effective innovation … deconstructs a highly complex system to show its capacity to be a driver in innovation in a wide variety of industrial and service …
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This study explores the concept and practical implementation of continuous innovation in logistics services …, particularly Distribution Centres. Continuous innovation is a concept that requires a methodical, programmed, incremental and … models of innovation were analysed in the literature, at the outset of this research. As found by previous authors, specific …
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Environmental issues are becoming increasingly important in organization theory and practice. Corporate environmentalism is emerging as a process of addressing environmental issues facing business firms. In this paper I examine managerial perceptions of corporate environmentalism and describes...
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developing competencies is fundamentally linked to many innovative practices and processes, the fundamentals of innovation cannot …. Innovation appears to be underpinned by cultural values. Links have been found between knowledge processes and innovation … outcomes. Thus learning, knowledge and innovation are particularly well integrated. New ideas seldom surface in highly …
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This article describes the development, modification and testing of a tool designed to assist small firms in making more appropriate decisions regarding information and communication technology (ICT) selection and implementation. Using a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods, a...
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