The accumulated potential in digitalization suggests the need to create a new paradigm for managing scientific-innovative and production-technological processes, which is reflected in the author's article. In these conditions, there is the problem of developing a mechanism for innovative...

The level of cognitive distance determines how detailed objects, persons or events are mentally construed. The higher the level of cognitive distance between two individuals, the lower the level of detail in mental representation of each other. In product development, a detailed conception of...

To survive and prosper, the organizations need to embed the processes and mechanisms to discover major technology and consumer trends and respond to them through new growth areas. Based on profound literature review providing insight into organizational factors that affect firms' ability to...

The article approaches the problem of companies' success in today's economic context, characterized by a generalized market with increasing competitive and client requirements. In order to stay on the market and to make profit the companies must change or improve their way of thinking, such that...

In November 2003 the Dutch HRM network held its third annual international conference at the University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands. Its topic was 'Innovating HRM?', a multi facetted topic that can be elaborated in many ways, as the 10 different tracks of the conference testify. The...

There have been many proposals to explain how the innovation process takes place within the firm. From the linear model to the so called network model, each proposal has offered some keys to implement efficient innovation processes in firms. This article objective is to shed some light on the...

Research on R&D performance measures applied in firms is still scarce. Based on the established “R&D laboratory as a system” thinking, systematically derive and identify R&D department level key performance measures. Through a mixed-method approach, grounded in (1) literature and (2) text...

In November 2003 the Dutch HRM network held its third annual international conference at the University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands. Its topic was “Innovating HRM?”, a multi facetted topic that can be elaborated in many ways, as the 10 different tracks of the conference testify. The...

Within this paper we examine the strategic perspective of the emerging phenomenon of performance-oriented systems (e.g. car-sharing, cloud computing). Based on twenty-seven system examples from four industries, we derive six founding propositions that delineate their strategic characteristics...