Bildungspolitische Fragen haben in den letzten Jahren eine verstärkte Aufmerksamkeit erfahren. Auch der beruflichen und hier insbesondere der betrieblichen Weiterbildung wird vor dem Hintergrund des Paradigmas des „lebenslangen Lernens“ eine zunehmende Bedeutung eingeräumt. In der...

Trotz intensiver Auseinandersetzung der Adoptionsforschung mit dem Einfluss von interpersoneller Kommunikation auf die Adoption von Individuen sind nur schwache oder widersprüchliche empirische Belege in der Literatur zu finden. Am Beispiel eines innovativen Anästhesiegeräts untersucht Jan...

In the fast-changing environment of today, organisations have a tendency to change theirstrategy to be able to adapt to changing circumstances. It has become increasinglyimportant for organisations to remain competitive in the marketplace. The managementof organisations is therefore showing more...

Following the dynamic capabilities perspective, I suggest that antecedents to innovation can be found at the individual, firm, and network level. Thus, I challenge two assumptions common in prior research: (1) that significant variance exists at the focal level of analysis, while other levels of...

During the last few decades, identifying and examining the characteristics of market-driven firms have been a dominant theme in strategic marketing research. It has been argued that market-driven firms are superior in their market sensing and customer linking capabilities, enabling market-driven...

A manager's perception of industry structure (dynamism) has the potential to impact various organizational strategies and behaviors. This may be particularly so with regard to perceptions driving organizational learning orientations and innovation based marketing strategy. The position taken...