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Effective Virtual Teams for New Product Development
Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Shamsuddin, Ahmed; Rashid, Abdul; … - In: EconStor Open Access Articles (2012), pp. 1971-1985
At present, the existing literature shows that the factors which influence the effectiveness of virtual teams for new product development are still ambiguous. To address this problem, a research design was developed, which includes detailed literature review, preliminary model and field survey....
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Effective virtual teams for new product development
Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Rashid, Abdul; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
At present, the existing literature shows that the factors which influence the effectiveness of virtual teams for new product development are still ambiguous. To address this problem, a research design was developed, which includes detailed literature review, preliminary model and field survey....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108647
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Leading, Following or Complementing in Economic Crisis: A Conceptual Model Illustrating Nonprofit Relationships with Public Schools
Paarlberg, Laurie; Nesbit, Rebecca; Clerkin, Richard; … - In: Administrative Sciences 4 (2014) 2, pp. 120-136
Public and nonprofit organizations, entwined in the delivery of public goods and services, are in the midst of challenging economic times. In these circumstances, sound collaborative leadership may help bridge budget and program service delivery shortfalls. In this paper, we examine the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772633
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Effective Virtual Teams for New Product Development
Ebrahim, Nader Ale; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Rashid, Salwa … - HAL - 2012
At present, the existing literature shows that the factors which influence the effectiveness of virtual teams for new product development are still ambiguous. To address this problem, a research design was developed, which includes detailed literature review, preliminary model and field survey....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010898640
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Markets, Competition, Cooperation and Innovation.
Kitson, M; Michie, J; Quinn, M - ESRC Centre for Business Research - 2001
The paper analyses the relationship between, on the one hand, markets, competition and cooperation, and on the other hand, firms' innovative behaviour. Drawing on ESRC Centre for Business Research survey results, the paper uses descriptive statistics and a qualitative response model to examine...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005162864
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Management characteristics, collaboration and innovative efficiency: evidence from UK survey data
Cosh, Andy; Fu, Xiaolan; Hughes, Alan - ESRC Centre for Business Research - 2005
innovative efficiency in high-tech SMEs is significantly enhanced by collaboration, formal management structure and training; and …This paper explores the impact of management characteristics and patterns of collaboration on a firmÕs innovation … recent firm level survey database for 465 innovative British small and medium enterprises (SMEs) over the years 1998 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005813033
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Education Impact Study: The Global Recession and the Capacity of Colleges and Universities to Serve Vulnerable Populations in Asia
Postiglione, Gerard - eSocialSciences - 2010
efficiency, and regional collaboration. This paper proposes a series of measures to increase the resilience of higher education …€”need not delay reforms in higher education. In fact, the global recession is an opportune time for higher education in the Asia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008465102
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In Transition towards Sustainability: Bridging the Business and Education Sectors of Regional Centre of Expertise Greater Sendai Using Education for Sustainable Development-Based S...
Ofei-Manu, Paul; Shimano, Satoshi - In: Sustainability 4 (2012) 7, pp. 1619-1644
) on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in Greater Sendai. This partnership is further linked to a broader context … that it will be good to focus on bridging the business and education sectors by building ESD capacity of the children and … youth in the formal education sector. It contends this could be done through collaborative learning using the government …
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Positive relationships among collaboration for innovation, past innovation abandonment and future product introduction in manufacturing SMEs
Sawang, Sukanlaya; Matthews, Judy H. - 2010
The importance of collaboration for firm level innovation has been well established but much of the research focuses on … innovation and external collaboration and between future product innovation and past abandonment in small and medium sized firms … level of new product introduction than firms that did not have any external collaboration. Further, firms with past …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438201
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Relational capabilities in market orientation to improvement of performance outcomes in SMEs
Shafei, Reza; Zohdi, Mehran - In: International Journal of Business Performance Management 15 (2014) 4, pp. 295-315
performance of some markets especially SMEs. Market orientation which plays a significant role in marketing and give rise to the …
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