innovation is not well understood. The purpose of this paper is to empirically analyse the impact of global purchasing on product … innovation sourced from suppliers, while taking into account how firms integrate their suppliers. Design … that global purchasing has no direct impact on product innovation performance. However, supplier integration is more …

dyadic relationship and how these differences influence patterns of inter-firm innovation activities and outcomes …. Specifically, to address the relative paucity of theoretical work on how dyadic configurations influence parties’ joint innovation … pertain to the levels of involvement buyers and suppliers exhibit in inter-firm innovation activities. These choices concern …

presented at the International Conference on Quality, Innovation and Knowledge held in Kuala Lumpur in 2002. These papers have … their central focus on the people element of quality, innovation and knowledge.  …

This paper aims to explore Castells’ proposition that the innovation process is being progressively intensified by … business units of the firm. These findings highlight several implications for KM's role in the innovation process.  …

innovation, considering that the relationship may be moderated by the type of labor contract the employees have. This moderating … perceptions of support for innovation; and, on the other hand, that there are differences in the dimensions of climate that favor … perceptions of support for innovation depending on the employees' contractual relationship with the organization.  …

Purpose – This study aims to analyse the relationship between innovation and human resource management (HRM) from an … empirical perspective, attempting to establish whether innovation determines the firm's HRM or conversely HRM influences the … innovation level of the company Design/methodology/approach – Literature is reviewed from both theoretical and empirical …

understand the organizational effectiveness from recent developments in technology innovation and human resources strategies …. Design/methodology/approach – The editorial first describes the need for technology innovation and HRM integration. A three …‐strategy model for global technology innovation and organizational development was adopted: personnel strategy, system strategy, and …

– The practical innovation analysed in this study seems to have been both a success and a failure. The innovative and … in finding a home and owner for the innovation. Research limitations/implications – One of the important findings of this …

Purpose – The paper addresses the effect friendly and friendship relationships among members of innovation teams on the … performance of the teams. Design/methodology/approach – The members of innovation teams may develop friendly and friendship …. For this research, we collected full network data on non‐work relationships in a sample of 44 innovation teams and …