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Developing Innovative Competences in an Emerging Business System: New Private Enterprises in Hangzhou’s Software Industry

Greeven, Greeven, M.J.; Xiaodong, Xiaodong, Z. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2009

What kind of innovative competences are credibly developed by private entrepreneurs in China’s transition economy? On the basis of original empirical fieldwork in 45 software enterprises in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, we propose a working theory of innovative competence development in an...

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Blue Ocean versus Competitive Strategy: Theory and Evidence

van Stel, André; Thurik, Roy; Burke, Burke, A.E. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2009

innovation’ as the primary goal where firms must create consumer demand and exploit untapped markets. Empirical analysis has been …

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Using Networks For Changing Innovation Strategy: The Case of IBM

Dittrich, Dittrich, K.; Duysters, Duysters, G.M.; de … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2004

Large-scale strategic change projects in companies may be supported by using alliance networks. This paper shows that IBM’s change from an exploitation strategy towards an exploration strategy required a radically different network strategy as well. By entering into more non-equity alliances,...

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Product Intelligence: Its Conceptualization, Measurement and Impact on Consumer Satisfaction

Rijsdijk, Rijsdijk, S.A.; Hultink, Hultink, E.J.; … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2007

framework in which product intelligence leads to consumer satisfaction through the innovation attributes of relative advantage …

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Why Are Some Entrepreneurs More Innovative Than Others?

Koellinger, Philipp - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2007

The study provides theoretical insights and empirical evidence on the emergence of different types and degrees of entrepreneurial innovativeness. The results suggest that entrepreneurial innovativeness depends both on individual factors and on the environment in which the individual lives. In...

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The Locus of Innovation in Small and Medium-sized Firms: The Importance of Social Capital and Networking in Innovative Entrepreneurship

Hulsink, Hulsink, W.; Elfring, Elfring, T.; Stam, Stam, W. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2008

Social networks matter in the innovation processes of young and small firms, since ‘innovation does not exist in a … vacuum (Van De Ven, 1986: 601).’ The contacts a firm has could both generate advantages for further innovation and growth … to either the internal sources or the external contacts to trigger innovation. And when a conclusive study has been …

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Strategic and Operational Management of Supplier Involvement in New Product Development: a Contingency Perspective

van Echtelt, van Echtelt, F.E.A.; Wynstra, Wynstra, J.Y.F. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2007

This paper examines how firms succeed to leverage supplier involvement in product development. The paper extends earlier work on managing supplier involvement by providing an integrated analysis of results, processes and conditions both at the level of individual development projects and the...

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Going, Going, Gone. Innovation and Exit in Manufacturing Firms

Cefis, Cefis, E.; Marsili, Marsili, O. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2007

This paper examines the effect of innovation on the risk of exit of a firm, distinguishing between different modes of … exits. Innovation represents a resource and a capability that helps a firm to build competitive advantage and remain in the … empirically by linking data on innovation and exits for a large sample of manufacturing firms in the Netherlands. The results show …

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Appropriability in Services

Dolfsma, Wilfred - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2005

paper I take a closer look at one aspect of innovation in services: appropriability. I discuss the different elements that …

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Deviation Among Technology Reviews: An Informative Enrichment of Technology Evolution Theory for Marketing

Stremersch, Stefan; Sood, Sood, A. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2010

Understanding technological change is of critical importance to marketers, as it bears new markets, new brands, new customers, and new market leaders. This paper examines the deviation among reviews of a technology’s performance and its consequences for inferences on technology evolution...

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