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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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A product is more likely to be successfully developed and marketed when the “upfront or fuzzy front‐end (FFE)” activities are understood and carefully managed. A framework is developed to illuminate several factors affecting FFE performance. Using this framework, several strategic issues...
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Purpose – In offering a critical account of project‐based innovation projects, this paper aims to assess the creation … appropriate knowledge where crisis events disrupt and jeopardise the social relations between the members of the innovation … communication. Originality/value – This paper offers a critical account of knowledge management and innovation. It stands in …
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innovation process; and in innovation projects showing different degrees of radicalness. Moreover, it aims to discuss the … influence exerted by some contextual variables. Design/methodology/approach – Case studies concerning four innovation projects … were conducted. Findings – It is found that radical innovation projects, especially in the early stages of development, are …
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Purpose – This paper aims to examine the impact of internal coordination capability on supplier involvement. Design/methodology/approach – Hypothesized relationships are tested using confirmatory factor analysis and hierarchical linear regression models. Findings – It was found that...
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Purpose – A large number of methodologies for R&D project selection have been developed and reported in the literature over the last few decades, and it has become a very popular research topic since the 1960s. The aim of this paper is to classify and characterize the determining aspects...
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Focuses on product advantage, a major contributing factor to new product performance, by examining the launch strategies associated with high and low levels of product advantage. Views a launch strategy as integrating protocol decisions, which have steered the course of a product’s development...
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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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