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One of the major driving forces behind a firm’s success can be attributed to its meme management. Memes, analogous to the biological gene, are self‐replicating. They represent the knowledge, views, perceptions, and beliefs communicated from person to person. In a business context, memes can...
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Business innovation, that is, the adaptation of management systems to the changing conditions of the environment, is a … marketplace. However, are TQM and business innovation compatible? The advantages and disadvantages to TQM as a means of developing … innovation and some of its dimensions can assist an organsation to be more innovative. The compatibility of reengineering, which …
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In the 1980s, a profound change in the information technology (IT) market forced IBM to modify the organisation and management of its selling structure. There was only an internal sales channel at first and IBM had interactive relationships with individual customers. The process of change began...
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of innovation diffusion. The purpose of this paper is to use a systematic approach in reviewing the literature pertaining … innovation articles are studied in detail to collate the relevant data needed to reflect on the various informative trends … exhibited by the shortlisted innovation attributes. Findings – An analysis of these trends will be carried out across three …
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ICT-enabled innovations. The ultimate goal of open innovation networks is to create value for endusers and providers, and …Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to address the role of intermediaries in open innovation networks in achieving … innovation networks need to master and exploit during the exploration and exploitation phases of an innovation process. Design …
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The last decade has been a turbulent one for the automobile industry. Two of the more significant competitive priorities that have emerged from this turbulence are the introduction of the platform strategy in new product development and the integration of information technology in the product,...
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the combined roles via trust relationships of the two technology cores of the firm: information technology (IT) and R&D and their impact on new product success. Design/methodology/approach A model was tested whereby trust and the integrated IT...
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retain market share, customer requirements and expectations should be met and exceeded through product innovation. For … model and points to the importance of product innovation in exceeding customer satisfaction. It further proposes an … attributes and product innovation.  …
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Success in innovation management of telecommunication products depends not only on sales, but also, and primarily so …
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This paper aims to understand whether there are different styles of organisation and management of industrial R&D activities. Recent cases of re‐organisation of R&D activities within firms suggest that: R&D activities tend to be carried out in different units of the same organisation and often...
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