This paper proposes a performance and cost measurement system that integrates the Economic Value Added criteria (EVA) with Process Based Costing (PBC). The EVA-PBC methodology allows us to implement the EVA management logic non only at the firm level, but also at lower levels of the...

This paper compares some studies in the field of economics and management in order to identify an innovative model of strategic management in reference to complex products. The work starting from (after having taken a critical look at) a critical analysis of structuralist studies, highlights the...

The social and economic complexity of our times triggers intense transformations in the competitive logics of markets and, broadly speaking, of business systems. Business scenarios today are typified by dynamism, connectivity, nonlinearity, and emergent properties — in other words by...

This paper aims to develop a model for knowledge measurement and competitive advantages generation in efficient consumer response (ECR) practices. However, we have also paid attention to other more specific objectives: the identification, selection and validation of indexes to measure...

Corporate environmental management have gradually developed into a more mature discipline during the past two to three decades. Many companies have in varying degrees adopted environmental considerations into their activities to eliminate or reduce the impacts on the natural environment caused...

This paper discusses the role of technology in addressing environmental problems. The paper tries to scratch beneath the surface of the increasingly frequent quot;quick-fixquot; solutions to the present environmental problems, based on such beguiling catchwords as Cleaner Technologies, Best...

This paper discusses the need and the different models of university-industry relationships. Mutual benefits and challenges of these alliances and how this kind of technology transfer eventually leads to economic growth through commercialization of innovative products. The major purpose of this...

The literature suggests that established firms need to balance their exploration and exploitation activities in order to achieve superior performance. Yet, previous empirical research has modeled this balance as the interaction of orthogonal activities. In this paper, we show that there is a...

This paper aims to describe and discuss the performance evaluation in local system development projects in Transition Countries, underlining the central role of networking approach as strategic base. On this purpose the paper will consider a synthesis of national and international Literature...

The aim of this paper is to investigate the role of online networking during the innovation process, including its role(s) in communication, cooperation and coordination. The paper neither implicitly assumes that online computer-based networking is a prerequisite for the innovation process nor...