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Data or business first? : manufacturers' transformation toward data-driven business models

Stahl, Bastian; Häckel, Björn; Leuthe, Daniel; … - In: Schmalenbach journal of business research : SBUR 75 (2023) 3, pp. 303-343

Driven by digital technologies, manufacturers aim to tap into data-driven business models, in which value is generated from data as a complement to physical products. However, this transformation can be complex, as different archetypes of data-driven business models require substantially...

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Innovation and Firms’ Performance in the Rwandese Manufacturing Industry. A Firm Level Empirical Analysis

Ndemezo, Etienne - 2018

The main objectives of this paper is (i) to determine factors that support engagement in innovative activities by Rwandese manufacturing firms; (ii) to assess effects of innovation decision on innovation performance of Rwandese manufacturing firms; and (iii) to evaluate impacts of innovation...

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Industry 4.0 : Upgrading of Germany's Industrial Capabilities on the Horizon

Heng, Stefan - 2017

Industry 4.0 will upgrade Germany's industrial capabilities. With trade flows becoming increasingly internationally interlinked, automation, more flexible processes as well as horizontal and vertical integration are becoming more important features in a modern, competitive production structure....

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An Exploration of Factors Shaping Technology-Upgrading Efforts in Mozambican Manufacturing Firms

Warren-Rodriguez, Alex - 2008

This paper presents an analysis of factors shaping technology-upgrading efforts in the Mozambican manufacturing sector. It uses firm-level data to examine these issues for the metalworking and light chemicals sectors, using Logit regression analysis to identify factors associated with firms'...

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Returns of R&D Investment and Continuity : An Econometric Analysis for Spanish Manufacturing

Mate, Jorge Julio; Rodríguez Fernández, José Miguel - 2008

This paper analyses the relationship between labour productivity growth and R&D investments of Spanish manufacturing firms during the 1990s. The purpose is to estimate the rate of return to R&D expenditures. The sample is composed by microdata from an unbalanced data panel of firms. Within the...

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Employment Effects of Different Innovation Activities : Microeconometric Evidence

Peters, Bettina - 2015

innovation and employment growth in Germany. The model is tailor-made for analysing firm-level employment effects of innovations … output. The econometric analysis confirms that product innovations have a positive impact on employment. In contrast to … manufacturing and service firms regarding process innovations were found. Finally, from a cross country perspective the results for …

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Innovation Processes in the Russian Manufacturing Subsidiaries of MNCs – An Integrated View from Case Studies

Gurkov, Igor - 2013

The extant literature acknowledges the role of overseas subsidiaries in the growth and development of multinational companies (MNCs). Such subsidiaries are viewed as critical players in the innovation process at MNCs. Although this topic has gained importance, it remains largely under-researched...

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Firm Technological Change and Its Effects on Management Accounting Change (Case Study of Iranian Manufacturing Firms)

Allahyari, Akbar - 2013

Exact costing of productions and providing suitable and reliable information or reports for economic decision-making process are the main consideration in management accounting, meanwhile firms technological change causes the management accounting to change which we have tested the effects of...

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Knowledge Sourcing and Firm Performance in an Industrializing Economy : The Case of Taiwan (1992-2003)

Chang, Chia-Lin - 2009

We examine the impact of R&D and technology imports on firm performance in Taiwan's manufacturing industry in a policy context of industrial upgrading. To do so, we estimate a Translog production function on two panels (covering 1992-1995 and 1997-2003), using stochastic frontier estimation. We...

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How Manufacturing Saved the Korean Economy during the COVID-19 Crisis

Hwang, Kyung In - 2023

Korea’s manufacturing sector, the third most competitive in the world, has helped it weather the COVID-19 pandemic.While the global economy shrank 3.3 percent in 2020, its worst slowdown since the 2008 global financial crisis, the Korean economy contracted by just one percent thanks to its...

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