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Barriers to Innovation in SMEs: Can the Internationalization of R&D Mitigate their Effects?

Tiwari, Rajnish; Buse, Stephan - 2007

Technological advancements, especially in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have enhanced greatly the competition spurred by the globalization of the world economies. Even small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are no more immune to the challenges that the globalization brings...

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Philo : PharmaInnovationsLotse ; ihr Weg zum erfolgreichen Open Innovation Management

Adelhelm, Silvia; Braun, Andreas; Müller, Elisabeth; … - 2011

Innovationsmanager in kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen (KMU) der Pharmaindustrie bei der Einführung des Open Innovation Managements zu … Berücksichtigung der Anforderungen von Pharma-KMU zu analysieren und (2) daraus abgeleitet ein Konzept zur Implementierung von Open … Innovation bei Pharma-KMU zu entwickeln.Der Ausgangspunkt des Projektes war die Erkenntnis, dass die Life Sciences-Branche im …

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Wirkung föderaler Strukturen in der staatlichen Innovationsförderung ; Effects of federal structures on public innovation support

Becker, Lasse - 2015

Ländern erreicht dabei KMU als Unternehmen mit Problemen bei der Innovationstätigkeit signifikant besser als andere Ebenen …

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Towards a new employment relationship model : merging changing needs and interests of organisation and individual

Baker, Timothy Bond - 2005

This research investigates the new psychological contract phenomenon in an organisational case study. The research question underpinning this study is - What are the core attributes of the new employment relationship? To investigate this research question, the researcher applied Noer's (1997)...

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The corporate university: global or local phenomenon?

Shaw, Susan R. - 2005

Full-text of this article is not available in this e-prints service. This article was originally published in Journal of European Industrial Training, published by and copyright Emerald.

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The implementation of human resource development strategy for total quality management within the Department of Correctional Services : focus on Groenpunt management area / Tsholo Mzawazi Solomon Nhlapo.

Nhlapo, Tsholo Mzawazi Solomon - 2010

To improve on service delivery, the challenge is to ensure that the correctional officials understand and are skilled in dealing with demands for better standard of service delivery by the public. There is a perception that current training programmes are too fragmented and that training does...

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Dual Perceptions of HRD: Issues for Policy: SME's, Other Constituencies, and the Contested Definitions of Human Resource Development

Kelly, Diana J. - 2001

This paper seeks to identify what scholars and policy-makers in several arenas mean by "human resource development" (HRD), and what are their shared and different assumptions and objectives, with particular reference to small/medium enterprises (SMEs). The characteristics of successful SMEs are...

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An Empirical Study of Kirkpatrick’s Evaluation Model in the Hospitality Industry

Chang, Ya-Hui Elegance - 2010

This study examined Kirkpatrick’s training evaluation model (Kirkpatrick & Kirkpatrick, 2006) by assessing a sales training program conducted at an organization in the hospitality industry. The study assessed the employees’ training outcomes of knowledge and skills, job performance, and the...

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Aligning business leadership development with business needs: the value of discrimination

Bailey, Catherine; Clarke, Martin - 2008

Abstract Purpose – This paper is derived from a two-year study that sought to provide a critical understanding of the current state of business leadership development (BLD) and to identify directions for innovative future practice. The first of two companion papers, this contribution aims to...

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ENVIRONMENTAL HOSTILITY, INDIVIDUAL LEARNING, AND INTRAPRENEURSHIP AS PREDICTORS OF ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING: A STUDY APPLIED TO TWO SELECTED MINING COMPANIES IN CHILE

Callahan, Jamie (contributor) - 2009

Organizations are faced with competitive and changeable environments whichdemand more prepared employees to successfully cope with these current and futurechallenges (Oswick, Grant, Michelson, and Wailes, 2005). Organizations, as a way to copewith more hostile environments, may foster individual...

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