The importance of services procurement increases constantly. However, empirical studies identify deficits in realising … the tremendous opportunities of strategic procurement of services in day-to-day business – caused by the difference of … services compared to goods resulting in a higher degree of complexity and uncertainty.Using neo-institutional approaches, the …

Customer-oriented service provision as in customer solutions or services results in new requirements for the …-oriented services in comparison to other services and their impact on organisational activities. To this end, the thesis examines the …

Innovation is internationally recognized as an important source of competitiveadvantage. It was the aim of this … analysis was conducted on the data collectedin order to establish what the key drivers of innovation are.Although the factor … drivers of product andservice innovation in South African firms. …

design led approach to innovation to assist medical device companies develop new services and experiences and reshape their … from product solutions to health services which are accessible and affordable by all is required. This paper explores a … notions of the nature, development and deployment of health care services. This approach uses design tools and methodologies …

these changes as they began to gain momentum across a range of services: Media, Advertising, Tourism and Education. This …

study. Recent studies overseas have shown that services are becoming more engaged with innovation, and that service …Service innovation is of increasing importance in the Australian economy, yet it remains a largely neglected area of … innovation is complex and multi-dimensional. Official R&D and business innovation statistics in Australia are examined, and they …

The importance of green innovation management is growing in practice and academia likewise. To our knowledge, a recent … innovation” and provide an overview of the existing body ofliterature in the field of green innovations identifying the most … environmental innovation are used largely synonymously while the notion ofsustainable innovation broadens the concept and includes a …

SMEs new arenas to engage in what we may call are “global innovation” activities so as to gain, retain, and further … strengthen the competitive position. This pressure to go for global innovation is enhanced by given socio-demographic factors, e … carried out in the Metropolitan Region of Hamburg in Germany to identify barriers to innovation in selected industries and to …

inextricably connected with both business- and economics-driven dimensions of innovation. In fact, the phenomenon of a foreign …-owned R&D facility implies that a company innovation system must in some way integrate with a regional innovation system. A … enabling a comparison of these innovation environments. The second step was to examine the characteristics of the foreign …

The aim of this study is to explore the relationship between knowledge transfer and innovation. The literature …) relationship between knowledge transfer and innovation. Empirical research to date, including the work of Storey and Kelly (2002 …), document a linear relationship between knowledge transfer and innovation. In order to investigate the possibility of a non …