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A Knowledge-Based Theory of the Firm - a Problem-Solving Perspective
Nickerson, Jackson A.; Zenger, Todd - 2014
Knowledge-based theorists have developed two primary arguments to explain the existence of firms: one based on avoiding knowledge transfer and the other based on facilitating knowledge transfer. These arguments are not only contradictory, but also fail to predict when hierarchies supplant...
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Corporate Parenting Style In The Global Economy
Gurkov, Igor - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2014
The paper provides a summary of the existing typologies of corporate parenting styles and discovers the missing elements in the theoretical constructs. New theoretical constructs fill the gaps. The paper presents a new typology of corporate parenting style by combining “adding value to...
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Management practices in Russian multinational subsidiaries: the Case of knauf cis
Gurkov, Igor; Kossov, Vladimir; Filippov, Sergey - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2013
This paper analyzes the growth and evolution of Knauf CIS Group from 1992 to 2012. The study defines the features and characteristics of the firm’s corporate policies including production and operations, marketing, HR management, and societal engagement. These policies have enabled Russian...
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From the Phased Manufacturing Programme to Frugal Engineering: Some Initial Propositions
Tyabji, Nasir - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
Although the structural reforms, initiated in 1991, did not lead to any appreciable increase in either the efficiency or the export orientation of Indian manufacturing firms, unexpectedly, there has been a visible improvement in manufacturing design capabilities in certain segments, for...
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Which innovations for circular business models? : a product life-cycle approach
Chioatto, Elisa; Zecca, Emy; D'Amato, Alessio - 2020
models is becoming crucial to increase resource productivity and achieve competitive advantages. Notwithstanding eco-innovation … consensus exists on the boundaries and interlinkages among the concepts of Eco-Innovation, Circular Economy and Circular … analysed firms in Emilia Romagna, in terms of cleaner production strategies. By contrast, any business innovation linked to the …
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Which Innovations for a Circular Business Model? A Product Life-Cycle Approach
Chioatto, Elisa; Zecca, Emy; D'Amato, Alessio - 2020
models is becoming crucial to increase resource productivity and achieve competitive advantages. Notwithstanding eco-innovation … consensus exists on the boundaries and interlinkages among the concepts of Eco-Innovation, Circular Economy and Circular … analysed firms in Emilia Romagna, in terms of cleaner production strategies. By contrast, any business innovation linked to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014089887
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A model of cooperation platform for entities involved in the agricultural market open to innovations in Poland
Pokojski, Zenon - In: Economic and environmental studies : a journal for … 18 (2018) 2, pp. 809-823
There are few publications on the subject of business models open to innovations in Poland, especially relating to cases of their practical application. The article analyses various types of open innovations and the possibility of using them in the conditions of the Polish agricultural market....
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Market Resistance to Innovative Service-Focused Business Models : Insights from the Service-Dominant Logic
Freiling, Jörg; Laudien, Sven M.; Dressel, Kathrin - 2011
Innovative business models in B-to-B settings allow suppliers to renew their business and to tighten the customer/supplier relationship while customers may benefit from more innovative and customized solutions. Astonishingly, the pace of adoption of these new business models is rather low. By...
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The ludic drive as innovation driver : introduction to the gamification of innovation
Roth, Steffen; Schneckenberg, Dirk; Tsai, Chia-Wen - 2015
Gamification has recently been receiving increased attention in corporate innovation and business research alike. In … this article, we first outline the main streams of research on gamification in the creativity and innovation literature. We … contexts. Thus referring to research fields as different as business model innovation, design thinking and crowdsourcing, we …
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From automation to databased business models - digitalization and its links to innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises
Thomä, Jörg; Bischoff, Thore Sören - 2021
Digitalization is one of the main trends affecting firm-level innovation today. In this context, a better understanding … of the multidimensional relationship between digital technologies, competences and firm-level innovation is necessary …. For this purpose, this paper examines the role of digital transformation in the context of innovation activities of small …
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