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’s innovation on the development of reputation in the early years of a new venture from a knowledge-based approach. Design … from the knowledge-based view. The findings confirm that innovation and prior knowledge play important roles in the … new firm. The entrepreneur’s stock of knowledge does not reveal itself as a significant determinant of innovation and …
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relationship between innovation and growth performance in SMEs. Using the existing literature and empirical analysis the study … innovation and growth. Design/methodology/approach – In order to examine the relationship, data are drawn from the Federation of … to jointly experience innovation and growth, in practice there is less evidence that this occurs. Those firms with active …
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Purpose – Although there is significant literature on innovation activities in large and medium-sized enterprises …, studies that report on innovation practices in micro enterprises are lacking. The purpose of this paper is to explore three … issues: understanding of the term “innovation”, innovation practice(s) and how innovation can be effectively measured. Design …
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concept and innovation, adopt more proficient new product development processes and explore the possibilities of electronic …
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the immediate impact of market orientation is to spur innovation, which, in turn, enhances judgmental performance, which …
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Direct marketing is seeing growing acceptance among non‐profit services as a means to reach audiences, raise revenues, and foster long‐term relationships with customers. However, academic research has lagged in investigating the influences on the extent to which these organizations implement...
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Purpose – Advances in technologies have allowed service providers to incorporate many different technologies into the delivery of their services. These technologies have been implemented in the service encounter for the customer to use with varying degrees of success. This research aims to...
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: theoretical discussion and conceptual frameworks of product innovation are carried out. This paper explores and evaluates extant … research in the financial services sector. It also adds to the growing literature on the financial service innovation process.  …
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Purpose – The aim of this paper is to explore the identification of innovative customers and the effectiveness of employing such customers to generate new service ideas in a technology‐based service setting. Design/methodology/approach – The first study reported here employs the...
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Purpose – The success of service innovation programs rests on whether consumers discern the novelties built into … service offerings. Hence, service firms must base the evaluation of innovation programs on customer attitude in addition to …
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