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Survey Report on Research, Development, Innovation and Competitiveness in the Romanian Industry

Voinea, Liviu; Simionescu, Laura - 2015

The paper is done based on a survey on 170 Romanian firms. The results of the questionnaire show that R&D intensity depends on turnover and on geographical location. However, various sector-based R&D intensities are not conclusive (except the under-performing food and beverages industry, and the...

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Complementarities between Obstacles to Innovation : Evidence from France

Galia, Fabrice; Legros, Diego - 2015

This paper investigates obstacles to innovation faced by French manufacturing firms. Using CIS2 data, we distinguish between obstacles in postponed projects and obstacles in abandoned projects. First, we highlight the most important barriers to innovation faced by firms, and find that lack of...

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Competencies and Human Resource Management of French Manufacturing Firms in an Innovation Perspective (Competences Et Gestion Des Ressources Humaines De L'Industrie Francaise Dans...

Galia, Fabrice - 2014

knowledge production, to develop the innovations and concerning the human resource management practices in an innovation …

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Debt, R&D Investment and Technological Progress : A Panel Study of Japanese Manufacturing Firms in the 90s

Ogawa, Kazuo - 2015

Based on a panel data set of Japanese manufacturing firms in research-intensive industries, we investigate quantitatively the extent to which debt outstandings in the 90s affected the firm's R&D activities. We find that massive debt outstandings had significantly negative effect on R&D...

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Public Support for R&D, Knowledge Sourcing and Firm Innovation : Examining a Mediated Model with Evidence from the Manufacturing Industries

Lucena, Abel - 2013

The aim of this study is to examine how firms realize the benefits associated with public support for R&D programs. To do so, this research proposes and tests the hypothesis that the level of knowledge sourcing applied by a firm during the innovation process mediates the relationship between...

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Innovation in Nigerian SMEs: types and impact

Egbetokun, A; Siyanbola, W; Olamade, O; Adeniyi, A; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

investigate the impact of these innovations on different dimensions of firm performance based on an industry-wide innovation … difference found in the focus of SMEs on either of product or process innovations, evidence showed that SMEs would focus more on … incremental product and process innovations. Incremental innovation was found to be very important for Nigerian SMEs and a …

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Organización del trabajo e innovación: Un estudio comparativo entre ramas productivas argentinas.

Analía Erbes.; Sonia Roitter.; Marcelo Delfini. - In: Economía: teoría y práctica 34 (2011) 1, pp. 101-138

El objetivo principal del presente artículo es analizar las características que adopta la organización del trabajo en un conjunto de empresas pertenecientes a diferentes ramas productivas argentinas y su vinculación con los procesos de innovación. Este estudio se basa en datos de una...

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Marketing Supply Chain Using B2B Buy-Side E-Commerce Systems : Does Adoption Impact Financial Performance?

Efendi, Jap; Kinney, Michael; Smith, Katherine Taken; … - 2018

Research suggests that new information technologies can improve the functionality of business processes, leading to improved firm profitability. However, new technologies are not equal in their contributions to a company’s bottom line. Further, there is some debate as to whether early adopters...

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Smart Factory Policies and SMEs’ Productivity in Korea

Ju, Hyeon - 2022

This study focuses on the demand sector of smart factories, especially policies related to the introduction of smart factories by small and medium sized manufacturers. As will be explained later, discussions focusing on SMEs are important because the gap in capacity and resources between large...

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A STRATEGIC MODEL FOR MEASURING INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL IN SERBIAN INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES

Kontić, Ljiljana; Čabrilo, Slađana - In: Economic Annals 54 (2009) 183, pp. 89-118

Measuring intellectual capital contributes to organisational success and brings managerial, cultural and organisational changes. In analysing the relevant literature on intellectual capital (IC), it emerges that the benefits of IC measuring and reporting have been linked to value creation. In...

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