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technological innovation is of the utmost importance.  …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze which factors determine the use of just‐in‐time (JIT) in companies. More precisely, the paper aims to study the role played by two variables of organizational context (size and age) and three infrastructure practices (advanced manufacturing...
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Studies the process of implementing industrial robots in Spanish industry. Most of the firms surveyed already had experience of automation and used the first robot to gain experience of this new technology. The training and integration of staff in the project, the firm′s technology level and...
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innovation. Spain has done well in reducing the carbon emissions intensity of GDP growth but will need to do more to meet future …Structural transformation towards a more knowledge-based economy will strengthen Spain’s medium-term growth prospects … high number of poorly qualified long-term unemployed, skills mismatches and a high school drop-out rate, and insufficient …
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, organisational innovation, and the firm’s size. Results indicate that bureaucratic control, internal communication, and external … communication do affect the likelihood of a firm adopting CAD but organisational innovation and organisational size do not. These …
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. Describes a model of the organization of manufacturing innovation which was used in longitudinal case studies of the adoption … affecting their level of success. It appears that the activities, innovation roles, organizational arrangements and slack … resources which are required according to the model determine most of the success of the innovation process. Concludes that the …
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notion of “innovation” and how it is accomplished in Japan; explores the positives and negatives of their innovative patterns …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify e-skills shortages, gaps and mismatches in Europe, and the reasons … behind these. In this light, the paper explores some key issues/aspects related to development of e-Skills, while attempting … regarding e-Skills. Design/methodology/approach – The paper begins with an overview of the problem highlighted in the literature …
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