Systems Engineering (SE) is an engineering method that has rarely been applied in Automotive Product Development, despite its noticeable positive effects in other engineering fields. With increasing interests, firms and scholars have started to discover its impact in the segment, however...

By reference to an in-depth case study of Siemens, a transnational, European-based high technology firm in the electronics and electrical engineering industry, the authors conclude that successful knowledge management requires close attention to three dilemmas.(...)

For Software Applications, the 1990s was characterised by the implementation of ERP systems across Multinational organizations...

Facing unprecedented challenges and opportunities ahead in the knowledge economy, managing knowledge has been a priority for many organisations. Knowledge Management (KM) emerges and has quickly gained weight in research both from information systems perspective and management sciences. An amply...

This paper investigates the processes by which scientific knowledge is created andlegitimized. It focuses on scientific developments in a branch of medicine and exploresthe pathways through which the growth of knowledge enables advances in medicalscience and in clinical practice. This work draws...

Pecuniary externalities are crucial in shaping the strategies to value the distinctivecompetences and the economic success of innovative firms. The analysis of conditions forlocalized knowledge appropriation and exploitation makes it possible to identify idiosyncratic production factors....