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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010731097
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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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Modern Management: Good for the Environment or just Hot Air?
bloom, nicholas; Martin, Ralf; Sadun, Raffaella; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008
We use an innovative methodology to measure management practices in over 300 manufacturing firms in the UK. We then match this management data to production and energy usage information for establishments owned by these firms. We find that establishments in better managed firms are significantly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005718073
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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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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,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010730932
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Half a Century of Public Software Institutions: Open Source as a Solution to Hold-Up Problem
Schwarz, Michael; Takhteyev, Yuri - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009
We argue that the intrinsic inefficiency of proprietary software has historically created a space for alternative institutions that provide software as a public good. We discuss several sources of such inefficiency, focusing on one that has not been described in the literature: the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005012917
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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
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Toward an Understanding of Learning by Doing: Evidence from an Automobile Assembly Plant
Levitt, Steven; list, john; Syverson, Chad - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
Productivity improvements within establishments (e.g., factories, mines, or retail stores) are an important source of aggregate productivity growth. Past research has documented that learning by doing-productivity improvements that occur in concert with production increases-is one source of such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011227956