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Innovation and R&D investments by leveraged buyout companies in times of crisis
Bertoni, Fabio; Nadant, Anne-Laure Le; Perdreau, Frédéric - In: Economics Bulletin 34 (2014) 2, pp. 856-864
We study innovation and R&D investments made from 2008 to 2010 by UK companies that were the targets of leveraged … buyout (LBO) in previous years. We find that overall, LBO companies do not exhibit lower innovation and R&D investments than … non-LBO companies during the crisis, with other things being equal. However, innovation and R&D investments decline …
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Can the Office Environment Stimulate a Manager’s Creativity?
Dul, Jan; Ceylan, Ceylan, C.; Aytac, Aytac, S. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2008
to an organization’s innovation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010730933
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Managing Supplier Involvement in New Product Development: A Multiple-Case Study
van Echtelt, van Echtelt, F.E.A.; Wynstra, Wynstra, J.Y.F. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2006
Existing studies of supplier involvement in new product development have mainly focused on project-related short-term processes and success-factors. This study validates and extends an existing exploratory framework, which comprises both long-term strategic processes and short-term operational...
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Currents and Sub-currents in the River of Innovations - Explaining Innovativeness using New-Product Announcements
Dolfsma, Wilfred; van der Panne, G. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2006
In their seminal paper, Acs and Audretsch (1988) analyze innovation patterns across industries and identify several … innovation; industries characterized by increased shares of skilled labor and large firms provide favorable conditions for … innovation. By analyzing a new and more consciously compiled database, we re-examine their original claims. Our results largely …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010731228
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Innovativeness of Exporting firms in a Developing Country: The Case of Tunisia
Rahmouni, Mohieddine - In: Economics Bulletin 33 (2013) 2, pp. 914-930
article is dedicated to this question through the analysis of the first innovation survey of Tunisian firms. In particular, it … Probit models) and non-parametrical regression trees on the results of the first community innovation survey in Tunisia. We … find that the innovation behavior of the three categories of firms is strongly contrasted. Our results show firms that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010633885
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E-Fulfillment and Multi-Channel Distribution – A Review
Fleischmann, Moritz; Agatz, Agatz, N.A.H.; van Nunen, … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2006
This review addresses the specific supply chain management issues of Internet fulfillment in a multi-channel environment. It provides a systematic overview of managerial planning tasks and reviews corresponding quantitative models. In this way, we aim to enhance the understanding of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011204323
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Aggregate evidence of localized academic knowledge transfer in the U.S.
Stuen, Eric T. - In: Economics Bulletin 33 (2013) 2, pp. 1468-1478
-1999, suggesting that academic research was becoming more important to innovation in the 1990s. However, the volume of academic …
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Web Auctions in Europe
Pouloudi, A.; Paarlberg, J.; van Heck, van Heck, H.W.G.M. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2001
This paper argues that a better understanding of the business model of web auctions can be reached if we adopt a broader view and provide empirical research from different sites. In this paper the business model of web auctions is refined into four dimensions. These are auction model, motives,...
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Inventory strategies for systems with fast remanufacturing
van der Laan, Erwin; Teunter, Teunter, R.H.; Vlachos, … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2002
We describe hybrid manufacturing/remanufacturing systems with a long lead time for manufacturing and a short lead time for remanufacturing. We review the classes of inventory strategies for hybrid systems in the literature. These are all based on equal lead times. For systems with slow...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010730992
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The impact of innovation and organizational factors on APS adoption: Evidence from the Dutch discrete parts industry
van Hezewijk, van Hezewijk, A.P.; van Assen, van Assen, M.F. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2003
, literature on APS adoption is scant. This study explores the impact of organizational and innovation related factors on the … communications, and innovation experience indirectly influence APS adoption. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010731463