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competence‐based management; the development of necessary researchers' competences related to main projects and processes and the … following phases: strategic planning, specifications of projects and processes, competence‐based management and performance … defined by the research centre, competence‐based management is still centred on individuals and based on their tasks. The link …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore how an “innovation champion” identity is formulated in the context of … UK construction sector. A conceptual model of “innovation champion” themes is derived from the literature on social … Constructing Excellence – the UK construction sector’s network-type organisation for driving innovation. Findings – Practitioners …
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Purpose – To identify the problematic areas relating to the current managerial practices in motivating engineers and evaluating their relative contribution to the overall level of engineers' satisfaction. Design/methodology/approach – Based on a conceptual model, an empirical study was...
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of this paper is to explore, from a firm‐level perspective, organizational characteristics for continuous innovation in … previous research on organizational characteristics for continuous innovation. Findings – Google's organization can be viewed … as a dynamic and open corporate system for continuous innovation, involving the entire organization and supported by an …
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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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In today’s global market, a brand’s marketing strategy must go head‐to‐head, not only with regional or national brands, but also with international competitors’ marketing strategies. This adds an entirely new dimension to a company’s marketing strategy when it comes to identifying,...
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