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Educating generationE in Australasia : US lessons, New Zealand experience
Frederick, Howard - 2005
Australasian countries have huge numbers of young entrepreneurs. Yet the state of entrepreneurship education in this … field study in North America and Europe to examine inter-disciplinary initiatives that take the study of entrepreneurship … and categorises best-practice models of enterprise education, focussing especially on non-business entrepreneurship and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009483961
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Software development methods and usability: Perspectives from a survey in the software industry in Norway
Bygstad, B; Ghinea, G; Brevik, E - 2008
This paper investigates the relationship between traditional software development methodologies and usability. The point of departure is the assumption that two important disciplines in software development, one of software development methods (SDMs) and one of usability work, are not integrated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009465400
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Innovation policies and innovation systems: The case of Information Technologies in South Africa
Kraemer-Mbula, Erika - 2006
The alignment of innovation policies with the needs of the innovation system remains a great challenge, particularly for developing countries. In relation to this challenge there are several factors associated to problems with measuring innovation, the recognised different dynamics of innovation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476003
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Challenges of open innovation: the paradox of firm investment in open-source software
West, Joel; Gallagher, Scott - 2006
Open innovation is a powerful framework encompassing the generation, capture, and employment of intellectual property at the firm level. We identify three fundamental challenges for firms in applying the concept of open innovation: finding creative ways to exploit internal innovation,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009460930
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A NEW METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH FOR DESIGNING THE SOFTWARE INDUSTRY VALUE CHAIN
ROCHESKA, Slavica; ANGELESKI, Marjan; MANCHESKI, Gjorgji - 2015
The importance of the software industry today is increasing because of its dispersive effects on the development of other industries. In this context, the software industry value chain analysis is a useful methodological approach that allows better understanding of software industry potentials...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011316260
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The Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence: Rewarding World-Class Practices
Chakravorty, Satya S.; Atwater, J. Bryan; Herbert, James I. - 2008
Established in 1988, the Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence recognises organisations in the USA, Mexico and Canada …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009459022
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Determinants of the Relations between Transitory Earnings and CEO Cash Compensation in the USA
Asthana, Sharad; Ye, Zhongxia Shelly - 2007
effect). This study has practical implications for regulators, corporations and investors, both in the USA and abroad. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009459069
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A study of outsourcing of premedia services to India by US companies
Nayak, Rahul P. - 2009
Offshore outsourcing continues to gain prominence as the printing industrystrides into the future. With different segments of the industry looking at reducingcosts and, in exchange providing value-added services, more companies turntowards outsourcing services offshore as a solution. Although it...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009459219
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Innovative and entrepreneurial activity in the public sector : the changing face of public sector institutions
Luke, Belinda G.; Kearins, Kate; Verreynne, Martie-Louise - 2010
three SOEs. Findings reveal that those aspects typically associated with entrepreneurship, such as innovation, risk …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009483465
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A "ruggedised" method for measuring entrepreneurial activity in developing countries
Frederick, Howard - 2010
In July 2009, a team of 38 researchers carried out the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) survey in the Kingdom of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009483783