Since the pioneering work of Joseph Schumpeter (1942), it has been assumed that innovations typically play a key role in firms’ competitiveness. This assumption has been applied to firms in both developed and developing countries. However, the innovative capacities and business environments of...

American business is dysfunctional. Companies of all sizes follow the mistaken belief that their products and services are best sold through mega-customers with pervasive market reach, such as Amazon and Walmart. Far too many business leaders fail to realize—until it is too late—that the...

Introduction -- Product Architecture and IT strategy -- Global Business Model Building based on the Three Core Competences and Business architecture -- Architecture Analysis for Sustainable Innovations -- Architecture analysis and core competence strategy for Emerging Markets -- Integration of...

This book analyzes of the surplus of production capacity in China. According to a government statement, there is a serious surplus of productive capacity in the steel, cement, glass, aluminum, and shipbuilding industries. There was no surplus of productive capacity in above industries between...

This book presents findings and results from the recent European Union Company survey of Operating hours, Working times and Employment (EUCOWE) in France, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom. The EUCOWE-project is the first standardised company survey covering all...

Möglichkeiten und Grenzen des Einsatzes von Design for Six Sigma im Produktentstehungsprozess (PEP) -- Six Sigma – Zeitgemäßes Managementkonzept zur Erzielung von Null-Fehler-Qualität im Wertschöpfungsprozess -- Praxis-Theorie-Transformation als induktive Vorgehensweise: Vom konkreten zum...

Die Entwicklung neuer Produkte stellt hohe und potenziell konfliktionäre Anforderungen an die Koordination von Innovationsvorhaben. Die empirische Untersuchung von Christoph Stockstrom zeigt, dass solche Planungsprozesse besonders erfolgswirksam sind, denen es neben formalen Aspekten gelingt,...