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This paper presents empirical evidence on the relationship between innovative efforts and performance on international … export performance. Moreover, the study results suggest a particular innovative profile for global specialized suppliers …, especially as it relates to R&D collaborative agreements and information scanning sources used in the product development process …
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We show that goal setting influences effort level, and that an appropriately set goal can enhance performance. We …-period framework, and demonstrate that the goal level set for period 1, together with success or failure, can affect the self …-confidence level in period two, which in turn influences period-two optimal goal, effort, and performance. The optimal choice of period …
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permet d'évaluer le niveau d'intégration des préoccupations environnementales dans la stratégie corporative et dans les …
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This paper proposes a model where firms invest in secrecy to limit technological spillovers accruing to their competitors, in addition to investing in cost-reducing R&D. The main result of the paper is that increases in spillovers increase secrecy, suggesting that legal and strategic protection...
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This paper investigates the relationship between intangible capabilities and further AMT adoption in 116 small manufacturing firms. Results indicate that skills of blue-collar workers, influences of customers and vendors, and motivations focussed on process improvement and customers are the...
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relationship between SMEs' innovative efforts and their performance on international markets. Results clearly identify four … manufacturières québécoises selon leur performance à l'exportation. L'analyse révèle l'existence de quatre groupes qui se …
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This study examines the influence of gender on four objective aspects of career success. After controlling human …
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The purpose of this research is to identify the predictors of hierarchical success for 3,067 male and female managers … that the career success of men and women is predicted by different variables. Le but de cette recherche est d …
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success of IT outsourcing in Australia has been mixed. With two hundred and forty one responses from the top 1000 IT users in … success, highlighting its complex, multidimensional nature. It has also confirmed many insights gained to date from …
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We analyze the survival and success of a large sample of Canadian penny stock initial public offerings (IPOs), launched …. Success, estimated by the graduation to a senior exchange, is not linked to the financial conditions at the IPO. Overall …
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