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Effective Virtual Teams for New Product Development
Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Abdul Rashid, Salwa Hanim; Taha, Zahari - In: Scientific Research and Essay 7 (2012) 21, pp. 1971-1985
At present, the existing literature shows that the factors which influence the effectiveness of virtual teams for new product development are still ambiguous. To address this problem, a research design was developed, which includes detailed literature review, preliminary model and field survey....
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Unions, Collective Bargaining and Firm Performance
Laroche, Patrice - 2020
The impact of unions on firm performance has been the subject of debate and controversy in most industrialized … performance, the existing results lead us to consider unions not solely in terms of their costs for the company. Empirical results …
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Análisis teórico de la relacion entre deversificación corporativa y resultados empresariales
Benito Osorio, D. - In: Investigaciones Europeas de Dirección y Economía de … 15 (2009) 2, pp. 105-126
on performance. The review of the literature allows us to propose and justify explanations for two key questions that …: if differences between the performance of the firms associated with exist the different strategies of diversification … (different degree and/ or type of diversification) and if the national environment is a determining factor of the performance of …
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Purchasing Organization and Design: A Literature Review
Glock, Christoph H.; Hochrein, Simon - In: BuR - Business Research 4 (2011) 2, pp. 149-191
This paper presents the results of a comprehensive literature review of the organization of purchasing covering the period from 1967 to 2009. The review provides a structured overview of prior research topics and findings and identifies gaps in the existing literature that may be addressed in...
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How the Entrepreneurial Top Management Team Setup Influences Firm Performance and the Ability to Raise Capital: A Literature Review
Maschke, Konstantin; zu Knyphausen-Aufseß, Dodo - In: BuR - Business Research 5 (2012) 1, pp. 83-123
This paper reviews research findings on entrepreneurial top management teams within the last 20 years. It concentrates on team-based management factors and their influence on a new venture's growth and ability to raise capital. This paper integrates recent findings and provides an overview of...
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Benefits of the ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 standards: A literature review
Tarí, Juan José; Molina-Azorín, José Francisco; … - In: Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management (JIEM) 5 (2012) 2, pp. 297-322
(including environmental performance for the case of the ISO 14001 standard) by scholars. It is suggested that both standards … have clear benefits on operational, people and customer results and that the effects on financial performance are … performance, and customer satisfaction in order to expand this search. Originality/Value: The main contribution is that the paper …
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The performance effect of environmental innovations
Soltmann, Christian; Stucki, Tobias; Wörter, Martin - 2013
such innovations affect performance. To analyse the relationship between green innovation and performance, new industry … results show that green inventions are U-shape related to performance. However, the turning point is quite high and hence only …
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Innovation in green energy technologies and the economic performance of firms
Kruse, Jürgen - 2016
on the economic performance of firms. My analysis is conducted on a panel of 8,619 patenting firms including 968 green … energy patenters from 22 European countries over the period 2003 to 2010. I measure economic firm performance in terms of … innovation has a statistically significant negative impact on economic firm performance. In contrast, nongreen energy innovation …
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Managerial skills, technology adaptation and firm performance: Mediating role of process innovation and product innovation
Asghar, Nabila; Khattak, Amira; Danish, Muhammad Hassan; … - In: Cogent Business & Management 10 (2023) 3, pp. 1-18
The main aim of every organization is to improve performance and productivity, but this is only possible with efficient … managerial skills and technology adaptation on firm performance and productivity through the mediation channel of process … the productivity and performance of firms. The present research is focused on the implementation of new technology and …
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Dynamic Incentive Effects of Team Formation: Experimental Evidence
Gall, Thomas; Hu, Xiaocheng; Vlassopoulos, Michael - 2016
has ignored possible dynamic effects: e.g., anticipating that team formation is based on prior performance will affect … prior performance. We test this hypothesis in a lab experiment with two stages of a real effort task. Participants first … performance. Our results are consistent with a simple investment-cum-matching model: pairing the worst performing individuals with …
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