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Our study focuses on the question, whether users should be intensively involved in the innovation process of radical product innovations or better not – from the manufacturer’s perspective. Radical innovations incorporate new technologies, shift market structures, require intensive user...
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Innovations have acquired a key-role in the growth and competition strategies of firms today. They are regarded as an essential tool to stimulate growth and enable firms to master the competition brought about by the forces of globalization. In developed countries they are thought to provide a...
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Securing access to “lead markets” is generally regarded as a key driver for the increasing globalization of innovation since these are considered to be “early indicators” for emerging customer needs. Such markets, therefore, offer a good chance of uncertainty reduction for in the...
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Nach Jahren des Überdenkens und der bloßen Optimierung unternehmensinterner Prozesse undStrukturen sowie der isolierten Anwendung diverser Ansätze wie „Lean Management“ und„Lean Production“ fällt der Fokus zunehmend auf innovatorische Kräfte innerhalb der Unternehmung,gerade weil...
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In recent years India has emerged as a major destination for corporate research and development (R&D), especially for multinational corporation. India's domestic instituions like Indian Space Organisation (ISRO), Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), and the Centre for...
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Innovations have acquired a key-role in the growth and competition strategies of firms today.They are regarded as an essential tool to stimulate growth and enable firms to master thecompetition brought about by the forces of globalization. In developed countries they arethought to provide a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005867051
This paper presents results of an empirical large-scale study on uncertainty reduction of R&Dprojects and R&D project selection. The empirical field is the German automotive supplierindustry. We explore R&D project selection practices in this specific industry and briefly contrastour findings...
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This paper analyzes the impact of the virtual tool 'crash simulation' on automotive R&D over thelast 35 years. The research carried out in this context identifies and investigates distinct phasesrespectively stages of the potential of crash simulations based on the Finite Element Method and...
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This paper presents a literature review discussing empirical as well as conceptual papersconcerning the CTO – the Chief Technology Officer – his tasks, responsibilitiesand authority and his relations with other corporate functions. It further presents firstresults of a CTO survey conducted...
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Vor dem Hintergrund der hohen Bedeutung von Kooperationen in der Forschung und Entwicklung (FuE) in der Biotechnologie-Branche analysieren die Autoren mit einer empirischen Untersuchung relevante Einflussfaktoren auf die Effizienz von zwischenbetrieblichen FuE-Projekten. Basierend auf...
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