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Interorganizational alliances are widely recognized as critical to product innovation, particularly in high …-technology markets. Many new product development (NPD) alliances tend to be asymmetric, that is, they are formed between a larger firm … NPD alliances win-win or win-lose partnerships? Are the gains or losses symmetric for the larger and smaller partner firms …
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Leadership is widely acknowledged as the key driver of innovation and the achievement of overall organisational … relationship between leadership, the operating environment, the use of process technologies, management practices, innovation and … to innovation and the introduction of new products whereas transactional leadership firms tend to modify products …
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competitiveness may well be available by applying suitable measures to the more complex world of new product development (NPD). In …; and quality in terms of design errors or re-work. Measures for risk reduction, innovation, and design re-use were lacking …
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make these industries remain profitable are a high degree of product innovation capability. This paper focuses on Taiwan …'s high-tech new product development (NPD) teams to probe into the influences of different reward structures and project … characteristics on NPD team performance. Results of the study show a significant influence of cash-based rewards, procedure justice …
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Numerous cases of unsuccessful cause marketing partnerships are caused by nonprofits’ proclivity to modify their motive when pursuing optimal decisions. This study’s main goal is to determine if there exists a significant difference between nonprofit strategic decisions and motive under...
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This article explains a simulation of the Co-Author Model (CAM) applied in strategic alliance setting where firms use and optimize their network resources. To understand its process casualty better, I explain the model's mechanisms in terms of its interactive dynamics and resulting equilibrium...
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Firms collaborate to develop and deliver new products. These collaborations vary in terms of the similarity of the competencies that partnering firms bring to the alliance. In same-function alliances, partnering firms have similar competencies, whereas in cross-function alliances, partners have...
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In this paper, we consider the case when two profit-maximizing firms enter a new market with a competing product that has a finite (and known) life cycle. Both firms make design decisions simultaneously without information about the other firm's decisions. The order of entry is a function of the...
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In collaborating to compete, firms forge different types of strategic alliances: same-function alliances, parallel development of new products, and cross-functional alliances. A major challenge in the management of these alliances is how to control the resource commitment of partners to the...
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In the actual scenario characterised by new and ever-changing dynamics of the global market, firms need to quickly and timely anticipate competitors' next moves, monitor market tastes, adapt their products and properly communicate their positioning. The history of many luxury brands is linked to...
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