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Innovation and location in German knowledge intensive business service firms
Brunow, Stephan; Hammer-Langrock, Andrea; McCann, Philip - 2017
Knowledge Intensive Business Services (KIBS) are widely perceived as being important drivers of technological progress … and innovation. KIBS are generally understood as depending, driving and thriving on knowledge exchanges and therefore … paper investigates how the innovation performance and processes of KIBS firms are related to their distance from the nearest …
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Environmental Constraints, Management Innovation and Organizational Renewal
Parga-Dans, Eva; Martin-Rios, Carlos - 2012
Management or organizational innovation is a crucial component of service firms’ innovation dynamics. In this research we aim to decipher the role of management innovation in overcoming environmental constraints of increasing complexity and economic downturn. Based on a longitudinal case study...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014163885
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Towards the factory 4.0? : convergence and divergence of lean models in Italian automotive plants
Moro, Angelo; Virgillito, Maria Enrica - 2021
This paper studies the interplay in terms of techno-organisational change between the adoption of I4.0 technologies and lean production systems. Leveraging on the results of two field-work analyses conducted under a collaboration with the Sabattini Foundation and the metal workers trade union...
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Knowledge commodification and new patterns of specialisation : professionals and experts in knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS)
Strambach, Simone - 2010
. Knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) are representative for such a knowledge-based economy, since their main input and … output factor is directly related to knowledge itself. While research on KIBS has been mainly conducted on the firm and … the micro-level are central to understand how KIBS can drive innovation in regional and national economies by contributing …
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Giving ideas a chance : systematic development of services in manufacturing industry
Strassl, Johann; Schicker, Günter; Grasser, Christian - 2015
The purpose of this paper is to propose a service development process that is adapted to manufacturing companies and to discuss its implication for companies with a focus on product development and product sales. This paper looks at new service development (NSD) literature and argues for design...
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FinTech Challengers and Incumbents’ Responses : A Window into Innovation Management Strategy Modes within Australia’s Financial Services Sector
Gold, Martin - 2019
FinTech (financial technology) is asserted as a disruptive paradigm with digital technologies driving authentic innovation within the financial services industry. Much attention and hyperbole has been attributed to startup FinTech developers and the potential of applications for consumers of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012861475
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Exploring Barriers to Innovation in Tourism Industry – The Case of Southern Region of Poland
Najda-Janoszka, Marta - 2014
This paper provides evidence for different factors hampering the innovative activity of micro, small and medium-sized tourist enterprises (MSMTEs). Innovation barriers are identified and explored within the framework of innovative chain of the regional tourism along its three main dimensions:...
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Innovation in a Creative Production System : The Case of Design
Sunley, Peter - 2015
This article addresses the relatively neglected issue of variations in the degree of innovation and creativity within cultural production systems, paying particular attention to the design consultancy industry. It argues that design is a business-facing type of creative industry that differs in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012750138
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Improving Contract Quality : Modularity, Technology, and Innovation in Contract Design
Triantis, George G. - 2014
The combination of cost-cutting pressures and technology advances are triggering a major transformation of the core practices of business law. Developments in automated contract drafting and management have spurred the entry of low-cost competition, beginning with the production of standardized...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014154993
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Evaluating an Organisation's Cultural Readiness for Innovation
Burdon, Steve; Al-Kilidar, Hiyam; Mooney, Grant - 2013
Innovation is often identified as a major driver of organisational growth in free market economies. However, just as often, there is lack of understanding on how best to enable the desired innovation outcomes. This paper addresses assessment of the internal culture of a large commercial...
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