One major theme for today's competition is looking at firms as learning organisations. internet-based technologies can support and revolutionise the way for learning. As a consequence e-learning assumes a strategic relevance. This paper focuses on the competitive advantages of e-learning, and...

Scholar research seems to confirm that the type of funding of a university spin-off venture influences these survival chances. This study aims to investigate whether the basic type of funding used for young university spin-offs influences the survival chances. The reasoning is that screening by...

In today's challenging economic climate it is more important than ever for companies to acquire comparable competitive advantage in their market. While previous research has investigated the performance measurement of R&D as a whole organization, very little research has been done into the...

«Soft» innovations are strongly emerging in modern competitive arenas in the form of dematerialization of the offering system. Thanks to the use of services, de-materialization aims to make mass production processes evolve, in order to make them suitable to face competitive environment...