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Allocating resources to disruptive innovation projects : challenging mental models and overcoming management resistance
Thomond, Peter N.; Lettice, Fiona - 2008
This research, based on four in-depth case studies, probes an overlooked unit of analysis in innovation management literature, namely management action and cognition, and offers a new qualitative contribution into resource allocation approaches that support radical innovation. The interpretivist...
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Does Virtual Prototyping Kill the Potential for Disruptive Innovation?
Thomond, Pete; Jacobs, Joanne - 2007
A critical element of a corporate entrepreneur’s opportunity evaluation process will involve the attempt to understand customer requirements in order to calculate commercial demand. Traditional opportunity evaluation processes are less effective in the face of potentially disruptive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438118
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Disruptive Innovation: Enabling Practitioners to Tackle the "Innovators Dilemma" With Graphical Techniques - A Focus on Resource Allocation
Thomond, Peter N.; Lettice, Fiona; Herzberg, Torsten - 2004
This paper presents the findings of part of a 30 month investigation, conducted to better understand the persistent failure of management practitioners to fund potentially disruptive innovations. A Mode 2 case study strategy was employed. The iterative transfer of knowledge, between four...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438121
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Strategic Response by Providers to Specialty Hospitals, Ambulatory Surgery Centers, and Retail Clinics
Burns, Lawton R.; David, Guy; Helmchen, Lorens A. - 2011
This is a copy of an article published in the Population Health Management © 2011 Copyright Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.; Population Health Management is available online at: http://www.liebertonline.com. DOI: 10.1089/pop.2010.0021.
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Social implications of radical technology adoption within the livestock industry : a design investigation : innovating disruptive technologies in traditional marketplaces
Behrendorff, Carl David - 2011
This thesis presents a design investigation into how traditional technology-orientated markets can use design led innovation (DLI) strategies in order to achieve better market penetration of disruptive products. In a review of the Australian livestock industry, considering historical information...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009483226
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The Increasing Multifunctionality of Agricultural Raw Materials: Three Dilemmas for Innovation and Adoption
Boehlje, Michael; Broring, Stefanie - 2011
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Cultural frames that drive sales and marketing apart: An exploratory study
Beverland, M; Steel, M; Dapiran, P - 2006
Despite the necessity of close integration between marketing and sales, managers report less than satisfactory results … behaviour to examine the different sub-cultural mental frames that characterize the two functions. A total of 44 salespeople and … between marketing and sales are driven by differences in beliefs about the valid scope and focus of activity, time focus …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009481706
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ESSAYS ON STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF RETAIL COMPETITION USING CLASSICAL AND BAYESIAN ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES
Venkataraman, Sriraman - 2005
, models the price and geographic location elements of consumer demand, firm costs and competition in the lodging industry. A …-run discrete dynamic games to study market firm?s entry, stay, and exit decisions in the lodging market. The econometric model is …
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Overcapacity of the US Lodging Industry: The Effect of Uncertainty and Incentive to Overbuild
Lee, Seul Ki; Jang, SooCheong - 2011
Despite the frequent recognition by the literature on oversupply in the US lodging industry and its adverse effect on … US lodging industry that maximizes revenue. Analysis of industry data between 1987 and 2010 revealed that the US lodging …
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Toward Creating a Framework to Accommodate the Needs of Disabled Hotel Guests
Stonesifer, Henry W; Kim, Woody G - 2011
The purposes of this study are three-fold: (1) to identify the perceptions of the guests with disabilities regarding their hotel experiences, (2) to identify the perceptions of hotel executives regarding the feasibility of implementing guest needs in both hotel design and service policies, and...
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