Innovation plays a central role in economic development, at regional and national level. In the competitive environment companies are obliged to produce more rapidly, more effectively and more efficiently in new product development which is a result of research and development (R&D) activities....

Innovation is becoming the most important key issue for company's success in the 21st century. In the competitive environment it is necessary for the enterprises to put together different capabilities and services with the goal. It is widely accepted that innovation can be better achieved by...

Innovation is becoming the most important key issue for company’s success in the 21st century. In the competitive environment is necessary for the enterprises to put together different capabilities and services with the goal. It’s a widely accepted that innovation is better achieved by...

Purpose - The literature on the topic has evolved exponentially since eight years ago. Relaying on a review of studies published in recent years, this article proposes and discusses a framework which incorporates a set of virtual teams involved in a new product development initiative....

New interaction tools such as internet allows companies to gain valuable input from research and development (R&D) engineers via virtual teams. Consequently engineers also get more expertise in diminutive time-frames. Virtual R&D teams present the key impetus to the technology acquisition...

The study aims to conceptually determine the process by which the business model, customer needs, and innovation management relate with entrepreneurial competitiveness. The method is based on documented research and it covers five areas; Area I: Business Model, which involves a proposal of added...

This paper proposes a construct relating four main factors, Knowledge Management (KMG), Management Innovation (MGI), Key Performance indicators of a Public Research Organization (KPIPRO) as boosters of the National Competitiveness Model (NCM) in firms who serve the PROs in Mexico. The...

Purpose: This study determines the different combinations and levels of key fail factors (KFF) as the opposite as key success factors (KSF), between Mexican and American social impact startups (SIS) in COVID-19 pandemic times, as the source of innovation strategies. Methodology: It is based on...

Innovation can be broken down in stages (INNOVS) to increase the competitive advantage. When the Innovation improves the Knowledge Management in the firms based on the sense of information: for, from and about the customers, is called: Customer Knowledge Management (CKM). The aim of this study...

The Knowledge Management (KM) improves the innovation in the firms based on information (OECD, 2003). Gebert, Geib, Kolbe, & Riempp, (2013) showed the sense of information: for, from and about the customers, that increase the market opportunities; this is called Customer Knowledge Management...