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Michailova and Jormanainen, “Knowledge transfer between Russian and Western firms: whose absorptive capacity is in question?”
Gurkov, Igor - In: Critical perspectives on international business 7 (2011) 4, pp. 343-349
Purpose – The paper aims to provide comments on Michailova and Jormanainen's paper, “Knowledge transfer between Russian and Western firms: whose absorptive capacity is in question?” ( CPoIB , Vol. 7 No. 3). Design/methodology/approach – The paper offers a critical analysis of issues...
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A commentary on “Knowledge transfer between Russian and Western firms: whose absorptive capacity is in question?” by Snejina Michailova and Irina Jormanainen
Vlachoutsicos, Charalambos - In: Critical perspectives on international business 7 (2011) 4, pp. 357-363
Purpose – The paper seeks to provide a commentary on Michailova and Jormanainen's viewpoint entitled “Knowledge transfer between Russian and Western firms: whose absorptive capacity is in question?”( CPoIB , Vol. 7 No. 3). Design/methodology/approach – The paper offers a critical...
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Successful market innovation
Johne, Axel - In: European Journal of Innovation Management 2 (1999) 1, pp. 6-11
This article reviews three types of innovation which contribute to organic business development: product innovation …, process innovation and market innovation. It argues that market innovation ‐ defined as improving the mix of target markets … of financial services illustrate how skilful market innovation can serve to grow a business as well as to safeguard it …
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“Not with the mind alone”
Holden, Nigel J. - In: Critical perspectives on international business 7 (2011) 4, pp. 350-356
Purpose – This paper seeks to provide an invited response to the Michailova/Jormanainen paper ( CPoIB , Vol. 7 No. 3) . Design/methodology/approach – The author adopts a subjective approach to respond to the Michailova/Jormanainen paper and challenge/develop further some of the authors'...
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A commentary on “Knowledge transfer between Russian and Western firms: whose absorptive capacity is in question?” by Snejina Michailova and Irina Jormanainen
Shabrova, Victoria - In: Critical perspectives on international business 7 (2011) 4, pp. 364-366
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a response to the viewpoint by Michailova and Jormanainen under the title “Knowledge transfer between Russian and Western firms: whose absorptive capacity is in question?” ( CPoIB , Vol. 7 No. 3). Design/methodology/approach – The author...
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Knowledge transfer and absorptive capacity in Russian‐Western business settings
Michailova, Snejina - In: Critical perspectives on international business 7 (2011) 4, pp. 367-374
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a response to four commentaries on the original viewpoint entitled “Knowledge transfer between Russian and Western firms: whose absorptive capacity is in question?” ( CPoIB, Vol. 7 No. 3). As a response, the paper reflects on several points...
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Siemens takes a grass‐roots approach to knowledge management
In: Human Resource Management International Digest 10 (2002) 2, pp. 12-14
Siemens, once noted for its bureaucratic and hierarchical approach to business, has adopted a grass‐roots and “bottom up” approach to knowledge management, which has transformed the company over the last three years. Without any suggestion or provocation from above, middle‐level...
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Bringing innovation to life
Davis, Scott M. - In: Journal of Consumer Marketing 14 (1997) 5, pp. 338-361
Argues that to innovate is the only sure‐fire way to ensure long‐term stability, satisfy shareholder growth goals, maximize employee happiness, and stay at the forefront of industry. Identifies the contrarian views and guiding principles which are embraced by successfully innovative...
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Volvo engineers new ways to manage change
In: Human Resource Management International Digest 11 (2003) 1, pp. 23-25
In recent years, there has been a subtle change in the advertising campaigns run by Swedish car manufacturer Volvo. The cars have always been renowned for their solidity, reliability and longevity but Volvo now aims to highlight the fact that these qualities do not come at the expense of style....
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Comparing new product development strategies at Bass and Carlsberg‐Tetley
In: Strategic Direction 18 (2002) 4, pp. 6-8
New product development (NPD) remains a vital aspect of marketing for manufacturers of branded goods. Yet it remains an area of great debate and discussion not least about the best strategies and processes for delivering NPD success. Nwabueze and Law consider the NPD strategies of two large...
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