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Pharmaceutical innovation and market share: evidence from a generic market

Yousefi, Nazila; Mehralian, Gholamhossein; Rasekh, … - In: International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Healthcare … 10 (2016) 4, pp. 376-389

Purpose Pharmaceutical market value in Iran exceeded to more than US$4bn in 2013, indicating annually over 20 per cent growth. In the past decades, Iranian pharmaceutical industry was supported by government policies, namely, generic substitution, import limitation and local production support;...

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Innovation in SMEs: the impact of strategic orientation and environmental perceptions

O'Regan, Nicholas; Ghobadian, Abby - In: International Journal of Productivity and Performance … 54 (2005) 2, pp. 81-97

Purpose – To investigate the role and impact of strategic orientation and environmental perceptions on innovation and … technologies over the next two years. Firms tend to place a greater emphasis on innovation in turbulent operating environments … are encouraged to align their strategic orientation with their innovation strategy. In addition, defender type firms …

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Organisational self‐assessment and the adoption of managerial innovations

Burgess, T.F.; Shaw, N.E.; de Mattos, C. - In: International Journal of Productivity and Performance … 54 (2005) 2, pp. 98-112

embarking on major organisational change involving the adoption of a managerial innovation. Design/methodology/approach – The … a major managerial innovation; a methodology that entails a radical approach to designing and developing new …

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Innovation and enterprise: the foundations of developing productivity

Heap, John - In: International Journal of Productivity and Performance … 57 (2008) 6, pp. 434-439

Purpose – This paper aims to examine issues of government policy in creating an infrastructure that supports innovation …. Originality/value – The paper is a useful summary of the role of government in promoting innovation and enterprise. …

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High‐involvement innovation practices at Finnish workplaces

Alasoini, Tuomo; Heikkilä, Asko; Ramstad, Elise; … - In: International Journal of Productivity and Performance … 57 (2008) 6, pp. 449-459

Purpose – This paper seeks to examine the dissemination of high‐involvement innovation practices at Finnish workplaces …

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Social innovation, the new challenge for Europe

Pot, Frank; Vaas, Fietje - In: International Journal of Productivity and Performance … 57 (2008) 6, pp. 468-473

Purpose – This study sets out to describe activities within The Netherlands Centre for Social Innovation, one of the … earliest national bodies to promote and develop the concept of social innovation. Design/methodology/approach – The paper … describes the concept of social innovation and then illustrates how the activities of The Netherlands Centre relate to this …

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Competitiveness of Visegrad countries

Kadeřábková, Anna - In: International Journal of Productivity and Performance … 57 (2008) 6, pp. 474-487

Purpose – This paper aims to examine issues surrounding the competitiveness of the Visegrad countries that have recently joined the European Union, and in particular, to analyse a set of structural indicators that help assess the degree to which they are meeting the terms of the Lisbon...

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TFP growth, technological progress and efficiencies change

Hamit‐Haggar, Mahamat - In: International Journal of Productivity and Performance … 60 (2011) 4, pp. 360-371

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to apply a stochastic Frontier production model to Canadian manufacturing industries, to investigate the sources of total factor productivity (TFP) growth. As productivity (growth) appears to be the single most important determinant of a nation's living...

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Workplace innovation for better jobs and performance

Pot, Frank - In: International Journal of Productivity and Performance … 60 (2011) 4, pp. 404-415

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe the need for workplace innovation policies and practices in Europe … workplace innovation and trends in society explaining its emergence. The paper then presents and discusses the results of … of programme on workplace innovation. These programmes differ in size and governance. Evaluation research shows that …

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Reconceptualising e‐business performance measurement using an innovation adoption framework

Barnes, David; Matthew Hinton, C. - In: International Journal of Productivity and Performance … 61 (2012) 5, pp. 502-517

performance management. The objective of this paper is to reconsider the evidence from that study by drawing on innovation … findings using normative best practice, the dominant paradigm within performance management. Given that e‐business innovation … innovation adoption literature. Findings – The study highlights the importance of individual, cognitive, social and cultural …

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