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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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The Locus of Innovation in Small and Medium-sized Firms: The Importance of Social Capital and Networking in Innovative Entrepreneurship

Hulsink, Hulsink, W.; Elfring, Elfring, T.; Stam, Stam, W. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2008

Social networks matter in the innovation processes of young and small firms, since ‘innovation does not exist in a … vacuum (Van De Ven, 1986: 601).’ The contacts a firm has could both generate advantages for further innovation and growth … to either the internal sources or the external contacts to trigger innovation. And when a conclusive study has been …

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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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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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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...

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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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The impact of innovation and organizational factors on APS adoption: Evidence from the Dutch discrete parts industry

van Hezewijk, van Hezewijk, A.P.; van Assen, van Assen, M.F. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2003

, literature on APS adoption is scant. This study explores the impact of organizational and innovation related factors on the … communications, and innovation experience indirectly influence APS adoption. …

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Organizing The Innovation System For Reusability: The Case Of Made-To-Order Markets

Van Den Bosch, Frans A J; Oshri, Oshri, I.; Volberda, … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2004

This paper examines the transfer of designs between projects within firm in the context of made-to-order producing companies. This practice is also known as knowledge reuse. Past studies has provided a detailed account of the strategies and processes involved in the reuse of technologies....

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Absorptive Capacity: Antecedents, Models and Outcomes

Van Den Bosch, Frans A J; van Wijk, van Wijk, R.A.J.L.; … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2003

This chapter focuses on the gap between the speed of proliferation of theoretical and empirical contributions and the speed of accumulation of the acquired scientific knowledge regarding absorptive capacity. To contribute to narrowing this gap, we will in particular review the conceptual...

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Strategies for Dealing with Drift during Implementation of ERP Systems

van Baalen, van Baalen, P.J.; van Fenema, van Fenema, P.C. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2005

Research on the relationship between Information Technology (IT) and organizations emphasizes the complexity of adaptation processes and the potential of drifting. Drifting means that an organization encounters unexpected circumstances that show the incompleteness and possible failure of an...

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