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The role of technology in the shift towards open innovation: the case of Procter & Gamble

Dodgson, Mark; Gann, David; Salter, Ammon - 2006

As with all new ideas, the concept of Open Innovation requires extensive empirical investigation, testing and development. This paper analyzes Procter and Gamble's 'Connect and Develop' strategy as a case study of the major organizational and technological changes associated with open...

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An unconventional approach to intellectual property protection: The case of an Australian firm transferring shipbuilding technologies to China

McGaughey, SL; Liesch, PW; Poulson, D - 2000

Risks associated with the dissipation of intellectual property rights of foreign firms transferring technology to China have received some attention in the academic and professional, trade-based literature. An innovative Australian manufacturer and designer of large, high-speed catamaran ferries...

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A full cost environmental accounting experiment

Herbohn, Kathleen - 2005

A lack of appropriate measurement techniques has constrained full cost environmental accounting (FCEA) experimentation. Yet, there has been little research on the applicability of valuation techniques recently developed by environmental economists within FLEA frameworks. This paper examines a...

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Systemic absorptive capacity: creating early-to-market returns through R&D alliances

Newey, Lance R.; Shulman, Arthur D. - 2004

For most complex emergent technologies, product-market success depends on efficient linkages between changing lead innovators within the R&D process. In this paper, our unit of analysis is a complex high technology product and the system of alliance linkages formed to progress a product through...

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The use of networks in human resource acquisition for entrepreneurial firms: Multiple "fit" considerations

Leung, Aegean; Zhang, Jing; Wong, Poh Kam; Foo, Maw Der - 2006

This study proposes a multi-dimension, multi-contingent "fit" perspective for examining different practices adapted by entrepreneurial firms in acquiring human resources. We posit that while environmental constraints are important considerations for adapting recruitment practices through...

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On the estimation and comparison of short-rate models using the generalised method of moments

Faff, R.; Gray, P. - 2006

Subsequent to the influential paper of [Chan, K.C., Karolyi, G.A., Longstaff, F.A., Sanders, A.B., 1992. An empirical comparison of alternative models of the short-term interest rate. Journal of Finance 47, 1209-1227], the generalised method of moments (GMM) has been a popular technique for...

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Accounting Problems at Fannie Mae

Jickling, Mark; Government and Finance Division - 2005

On September 22, 2004, the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Supervision (OFHEO) made public a report that was highly critical of accounting methods at Fannie Mae, the government-sponsored enterprise that plays a leading role in the secondary mortgage market. OFHEO charged Fannie Mae with not...

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Adding value through human resources: Reorienting human resource measurement to drive business performance

Yeung, Arthur K.; Berman, Bob - 1997

) measurement: (1) Do HR practices impact business results? (2) How can HR practices add value to business performance? (3) What HR … measures can drive business performance? Using Eastman Kodak as a case study, this article identifies three paths through which … HR practices contribute to business performance: (1) by building organizational capabilities; (2) by improving employee …

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If HR were really strategically proactive: Present and future directions in HR's contribution to competitive advantage

Brockbank, Wayne - 1999

Current business conditions mandate greater competitive advantage from HR agendas and processes. To add greater … value either reactively or proactively. In its strategically reactive mode, HR assumes the existence of a business strategy … and adds value by linking HR practices to the business strategy and by managing change. In its strategically proactive …

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Evolutionary diffusion: internal and external methods used to acquire encompassing, complementary, and incremental technological changes in the lithotripsy industry

Nagarajan, Anuradha; Mitchell, Will - 1998

&D. Our theory draws on perspectives that emphasize the need to develop new competencies within a business organization and to …

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