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As becomes apparent from the standard text books in industrial organization (cf.Tirole, 1988, The Theory of Industrial Organization), the analysis of the e.ects of uncertainty within this field is yet underdeveloped.This paper shows that the new theory of strategic real options can be used to...
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This paper sets about identifying different and complex innovation practices across nine countries by exploring data … from firm level innovation surveys conducted in nine countries: Austria, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, France, New Zealand … the following innovation modes: 1) ‘new-to-market innovating’, 2) ‘marketing based imitating’, 3) ‘process modernising’, 4 …
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The generally accepted theory of intelligence is developed mainly in the framework of the pragmatic critical philosophy. The discussed issues are psychometric and system theory of intelligence. However, the subject of this article are some of the more promising theories which, while remaining...
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Entwicklung zu stark an den heutigen Kunden und Anwendern, resultieren oft nur kleine Innovationen (inkrementale Innovation …
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This paper builds upon Berkhout et al.'s (2010) cyclic innovation model (CIM). This model was shown to provide an … effective framework for understanding and managing the innovation process and to address many of the shortcomings of previous …
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, and managers often indicate the front end as being one of the greatest weaknesses in product innovation. Therefore, it is … surprising that only little research has treated the so called fuzzy front end of innovation. In this paper we discuss if process … innovation process is briefly summarized and findings applied to the fuzzy front end. Due to high uncertainties with a wide range …
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In research as well as in practice, process models are an expatiated element of innovation management. They fulfill … design of innovation process models. For this purpose, a brief retrospection of the emergence and advancement of process …
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A number of recent works point towards open innovation as a new imperative for innovation management. Within more … traditional and conservative high-tech sectors such as aerospace, however, the literature on open innovation is fairly limited … perspectives from a study whose goal is to identify the implications of the innovation openness paradigm to the product development …
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This paper considers the trade-off between leveraging external sources of innovation by outsourcing design and …-off between the benefits of leveraging external sources of innovation and the opportunities for competence development provided by … in-house design and engineering. We discuss implications for theories of organizational boundary design and innovation …
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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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