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Product, process and organizational innovation: drivers, complementarity and productivity effects

Polder, Michael; Leeuwen, George van; Mohnen, Pierre; … - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2010

We propose a model where both R&D and ICT investment feed into a system of three innovation output equations (product …, process and organizational innovation), which ultimately feeds into a productivity equation. We find that ICT investment and … usage are important drivers of innovation in both manufacturing and services. Doing more R&D has a positive effect on …

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Virtual teams – just a theoretical concept or a widely used practice?

Mihhailova, Gerda - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

Virtual teams and management processes in them have been researched mainly theoretically. Most of these papers concentrate on presenting the definition and/or on outlining the advantages/disadvantages of virtual teams. Use of virtual teamwork is still relatively new field for academic research...

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Information and Communication Technologies for Health Systems Strengthening

Otto, Kate; Shekar, Meera; Herbst, Christopher H.; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2015

Information and communication technologies (ICT) for health or eHealth solutions hold great potential for generating systemic efficiencies by strengthening five critical pillars of a health system: human resources for health, supply chain management, health care financing, governance and service...

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Innovative Asia: Advancing the Knowledge-Based Economy: Country Case Studies for the PRC, India, Indonesia, and Kazakhstan

Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB); … - 2014

strengthen innovation led growth and make a transition from middle income to high income levels. …

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Innovative Asia: Advancing the Knowledge-Based Economy: The Next Policy Agenda

Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2014

This study outlines policy actions required in developing countries of Asia to advance as knowledge-based economies. The study uses the four pillars of the Knowledge Economy Index to benchmark the performance of developing economies in Asia against advanced economies of the world. It analyzes...

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Mobility, Skills, and the Michigan Non-Compete Experiment

Marx, Matt; Strumsky, Deborah; Fleming, Lee - In: Management Science 55 (2009) 6, pp. 875-889

Whereas a number of studies have considered the implications of employee mobility, comparatively little research has considered institutional factors governing the ability of employees to move from one firm to another. This paper explores a legal constraint on mobility--employee non-compete...

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Directed search with real options

Wadeson, Nigel - In: Economics of Innovation and New Technology 19 (2010) 6, pp. 569-582

While search is normally modelled by economists purely in terms of decisions over making observations, this paper models it as a process in which information is gained through feedback from innovatory product launches. The information gained can then be used to decide whether to exercise real...

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Incorporación de virtual teams internacionales como componente complementario al modelo educativo tradicional

Arbeláez, Carlos Fernando; Montoya, Antonio Andrés - In: REVISTA AD-MINISTER (2012)

recognized as a phenomenon of great value to students about learning environments in the real world (Hsieh, Jang, Hwang, & Chen … incorporation as an option applies to all educational institutions, and above all, to their learning traditional structures. In this …

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Innovation,Flexibility, Change-Premises of Organizational Development

Todorut, Amalia Venera - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

The features of innovation, flexibility and change mutually influence one another. Provided that change is perceived as … a feature leading to innovation, flexibility is the feature that enables it. Innovation cannot exist without change but … nonetheless each and every change leads to innovation. Flexibility is a necessary condition but not sufficient for the innovation …

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Managing information flows in supplier-customer relationships: issues, methods and emerging problems

Volpato, Giuseppe; Stocchetti, Andrea - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2002

The study aims to highlight problems that might take place in supplier-customer relationships whose transactions and production process get highly integrated through advanced Information and Communication Technology (ICT) systems. Although much has been written on how ICT can improve...

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