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Virtual R & D teams in small and medium enterprises: A literature review
Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Taha, Zahari - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are the driving engine behind economic growth. While SMEs play a critical role in generating employment and supporting trade, they face numerous challenges, the prominent among them are the need to respond to fasting time-to-market, low-cost and rapid...
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Technology Use in the Virtual R&D Teams
Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Hanim, Salwa; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Problem statement: Although, literature proves the importance of the technology role in the effectiveness of virtual Research and Development (R&D) teams for new product development. However, the factors that make technology construct in a virtual R&D team are still ambiguous. The manager of...
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Shifts in Innovation Power to Brazil and India: Insights from the Auto and Software Industries
Lema, Rasmus; Quadros, Ruy; Schmitz, Hubert - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
The global innovation map is changing. Until a few years ago innovation activities were concentrated in the US, Europe … and Japan. Not anymore. The rising powers of China, India and Brazil are encroaching on the innovation stronghold of the … shift in innovation power by concentrating on factors within the rising powers, such as their investment in high …
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Resting on Laurels: A Theory of Inertia in Organizations.
Ruckes, Martin; Rønde, Thomas - Centre for Industrial Economics (CIE), Økonomisk Institut - 2003
We present a model where the employees of a firm have to search for profitable business projects in a changing environment. Employees who have found a successful project in the past period are shown to be reluctant to search for new and better projects leading to corporate inertia. This reduces...
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Excessive Deficits and Research and Development capacity
Afonso, Oscar; Alves, Rui Henrique; Vasconcelos, Paulo B. - In: EKONOMIAZ 68 (2008) 02, pp. 354-367
Within the debate that involves the application of a tax discipline in the EMU, some authors have questioned the adequacy of the use of the same tax rules for all the different member states, appealing to a more temporary tax flexibility for the small and less developed countries. For such...
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Déficit excesivos e investigación y desarrollo
Afonso, Oscar; Alves, Rui Henrique; Vasconcelos, Paulo B. - In: EKONOMIAZ 68 (2008) 02, pp. 354-369
Within the debate that involves the application of a tax discipline in the EMU, some authors have questioned the adequacy of the use of the same tax rules for all the different member states, appealing to a more temporary tax flexibility for the small and less developed countries. For such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010751601
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The Impact of Technological and Non-Technological Innovations on Firm Growth
Ali-Yrkkö, Jyrki; Martikainen, Olli - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2008
This study investigates the relationship between innovations and firm growth, based on the data of Finnish firms operating in the software industry. We find that in terms of turnover and employment, firms with only technological innovations do not grow more rapidly than other firms. However,...
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Distribution and Growth in an Economy with Limited Needs
Saint-Paul, Gilles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001
This paper studies a model of the distribution of income under bounded needs. Utility derived from any given good reaches a bliss point at a finite consumption level of that good. On the other hand, introducing new varieties always increases utility. It is assumed that each variety is owned by a...
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Academic research – a catalyst for the innovation process within companies in Romania
Pamfilie, Rodica; Giusca, Smaranda; Bumbac, Robert - In: The AMFITEATRU ECONOMIC journal 16 (2014) 37, pp. 759-759
innovation process and capitalization on scientific resources in order to improve this vital process. To achieve this, a … incremental innovation by using knowledge generated by universities or research institutes. …
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How Are Technologies Patented in Developed and Developing Countries of EU?
Jemala, Marek; Jemala, Ľubomír - In: Acta Oeconomica Pragensia 2015 (2015) 1, pp. 27-44
In recent years, it is not only a researcher, or a developer, who is important for technology innovation, but … innovation requires cooperation within the business microenvironment and supportive legal, political, economic, social or … is, how big is the difference in technological innovation/patenting between developed and developing countries of the EU …
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