The determinants of a firm's innovative capacity are rooted in organizational design, incentives, human resources, internal culture, and external linkages. Profiting from innovation is always a challenge and licensing is one of many options

Based on official Chinese sources as well as intensive interviews with Hong Kong residents formerly employed in mainland factories, Andrew Walder's neo-traditional image of communist society in China will be of interest not only to those concerned with China and other communist countries, but...

This book examines how light manufacturing can offer a viable solution for Sub-Saharan Africa's need for structural transformation and productive job creation, given its potential competitiveness based on low wage costs and an abundance of natural resources that supply raw materials needed for...

Customer decision-making uncertainty (DMU) is a persistent phenomenon in business-to-business markets. However, there is substantial variation in the degree customers perceive DMU and hence suppliers should react to it. Based on existing industrial buying typologies, this paper proposes a new...

Die kollektiven und antagonistischen Interessen von Arbeitnehmern und Arbeitgebern prallen auf dem industriellen Arbeitsmarkt, Schnittstelle zwischen Wirtschaft, Gesellschaft und Staat, aufeinander. Im Zeitraum vom späten deutschen Kaiserreich bis zum Vorabend der Weltwirtschaftskrise forderten...