Draws attention to the recent emergence of a new model of how firms compete – known as the resource‐based approach – which views the firm as a set of critical resources, defined as resources which are scarce, defendable, difficult to market and initiate and hence usable as the basis for...

This study aims at developing a performance measurement system (PMS) for research and development (R&D) activities carried out by public research centres. Public research institutions are characterized by multiple stakeholders with different needs, and the management of R&D activities requires...

This study aims at developing a performance measurement system (PMS) for research and development (R&D) activities carried out by public research centres. Public research institutions are characterized by multiple stakeholders with different needs, and the management of R&D activities requires...

Evaluating investments in new product development has been a much debated question over the last few years. Traditional methods are recognized as inadequate but there is no dominant methodology. Presents a case study, developed at Olivetti, in which new and old methodologies have been used...