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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the nomological relations among market‐orientation, learning … results show that firm innovativeness positively affects firm performance; firm learning‐orientation positively influences … firm innovativeness; firm market‐orientation positively impacts firm learning orientation; firm learning …
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innovation better by distinguishing between the creation, extension, revision or termination of business models. Originality … technology on companies’ innovation activities. This perspective makes it easier to develop strategic initiatives while managing … innovation, and underlines the importance of purposive human action in adopting a proactive behaviour, reducing deterministic …
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Reports the efforts of six British small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to enhance their new product development (NPD) capabilities. Finds a strong recognition by managers of “the need for NPD” yet they consistently deprioritised work on NPD when faced with other shorter‐term pressures. The...
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the PA system has been implemented (project performance control vs learning).  …
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Purpose – This paper seeks to discuss the main implications for strategic knowledge management of uncovering the different knowledge flows and interactions in the strategy formation process in emerging and high‐velocity environments. Design/methodology/approach – The study builds on the...
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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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The paper argues that some conventional tools guiding innovation processes inadequately analyse problems arising from …
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Continued innovation of products, services, technology and the organization itself, is one way to keep a business on … its feet during these turbulent times. The importance of innovation – the process during which leap‐changes are effected … – is generally recognized. However, in practice, the successful conclusion of a total innovation project is by no means …
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