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Profiles of Product Innovators Among Large U.S. Manufacturers
Capon, Noel; Farley, John U.; Lehmann, Donald R.; … - In: Management Science 38 (1992) 2, pp. 157-169
This paper identifies four groups among 113 Fortune 500 manufacturers that approach innovation quite differently. The …. Both product innovation and financial performance differ significantly over the groups, and a group of 42 firms that invest … heavily in innovation perform best financially. A smaller group of firms that are not innovative but which follow a strategy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009209035
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Human resource management - practices, performance and strategy in the Italian hotel industry
Bresciani, Stefano; Thrassou, Alkis; Vrontis, Demetris - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 8 (2012) 4, pp. 405-423
The aim of this paper is to study the relationship between human resource management (HRM) and organisational performance in the Italian hospitality sector. In particular, it investigates the extent of adoption of HRM practices, the existence of formal HR strategies, and the degree of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010670074
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Change through innovation in family businesses: evidence from an Italian sample
Bresciani, Stefano; Thrassou, Alkis; Vrontis, Demetris - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 9 (2013) 2, pp. 195-215
Research on the linkages between family firms, innovation and change is scant and lacking empirical investigation. In … capacity of family businesses and the degree and manner to which innovation can lead to change or even be the change needed in … the context of strategic reorientation. The research investigates innovation with reference to the resource perspective …
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Product development in the sawmilling industry - drivers,
Stendahl, Matti; Roos, Anders; Hugosson, Marten - In: Scandinavian Forest Economics: Proceedings of the …, 41
investigated the actual product development process in this context. This explorative study investigates innovation, specifically … companies. The study also identifies drivers and motives that underlie the innovation process, the structure of the product …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011200853
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Product development in the sawmilling industry - drivers,
Stendahl, Matti; Roos, Anders; Hugosson, Marten - In: Scandinavian Forest Economics: Proceedings of the …, 41
investigated the actual product development process in this context. This explorative study investigates innovation, specifically … companies. The study also identifies drivers and motives that underlie the innovation process, the structure of the product …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011200877