Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Master Planning and Scheduling as Part of Enterprise Planning Systems -- Who Should Understand Master Planning and Scheduling? -- How This Book Is Organized -- Initial Thoughts -- The A's to Z's...

This paper analyses the relationship between past innovation output, competition, and future innovation input in a dynamic econometric setting. We distinguish two dimensions of competition that correspond to the concepts of product substitutability and entry barriers due to fixed costs. Based on...

Does competitive pressure foster innovation? In addressing this important question, prior studies ignored a distinction between discrete innovation aiming at entirely new technology and continuous improvement consisting of numerous incremental improvements and modifications made upon the...