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Though a commitment to innovation is the key to successful growth, the level of uncertainty involved and the … face innovation are an ignorance and fear of what exactly it represents. This article lists ingredients of and directions … for successful innovation, which can lead to real competitive advantage if followed correctly. However, senior management …
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Argues that more CEOs and senior executives need to believe in the power of innovation to increase earnings, stock … price, employee and customer satisfaction, and global competitiveness. Highlights innovation as the single most important … factor in the future growth of any business venture; innovation is a mindset ‐ a new way to think about business strategies …
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Purpose Dynamic capabilities and organizational ambidexterity are closely related concepts. Unfortunately, there is still a lack of understanding about the relation between the two. This paper aims to offer a theoretical explanation of the relationship between dynamic capabilities,...
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development of a dynamic model that links together innovation and change, stakeholder cohesion, and competitive advantage. Design … propensity to innovation and change. The latter, in turn, are vital for both competitive advantage and stakeholder cohesion … itself. Therefore, propensity to innovation and change is the pivotal variable that helps to explain the complex, non …
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fields of CSR, sustainability and innovation. A subsequent study should also develop a benchmarking system for all Corporate … would have increased understanding and greater leverage in social and environmental responsibility and innovation.  …
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compatible with supporting innovation and the designer’s preference for the optimal design, which may be unnecessarily …
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Purpose – This paper aims to explore how community‐controlled open innovation affects cost‐ and differentiation … models of competitive‐advantage remain relevant, open innovation means that the main drivers of performance are changed. Open … innovation means that there are implications for firms' ability to profit from intellectual property that they do not own. The …
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By treating work as socially constructed and innovating as integrated learning, organizations can create new knowledge, models and tools and acquire new experiences to achieve the result they desire in support of their survival and growth. Provides a framework for innovating, and demonstrates...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to outline a range of short‐ to medium‐term recession‐specific strategies designed to drive growth and ensure that a company survives this downturn and emerges from it competitively advantaged. Design/methodology/approach – The paper examines...
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The ability of business marketers to monitor, strategically adopt and manage new technologies is an important predictor of long‐term competitiveness. Expanding on recent work this paper develops a framework linking the technical knowledge of a firm’s managers to its ability to gain and hold...
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