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Companies which have to manage global supply chains face a high level of complexity in that there is a large number of suppliers in diverse socio-economic contexts as well as a growing demand for control of social and environmental criteria in these supply chains. Sustainable supply chain...
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Unsolicited ideas, the non-contractual and voluntary submission of innovation-related information from external sources … that firms intending to engage in this form of open and distributed innovation are facing. In particular, we look at the … of open and distributed innovation and for management practice. NOTE: Please note that the published version has been …
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The purpose of this paper is to define innovation and to proffer evidence of its existence through the use of … statistical method and mathematical modeling. Innovation is defined by the confidence interval of the normal probability … probability distribution density curve ( α = 0.025) is an area of focus for innovation analysis. The lower tail of the curve: −α …
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This paper discusses the role of contractual and organizational arrangements for the governance of supplier-manufacturer relationships in new product development projects. We present cross-sectional project level data from 50 manufacturer-supplier relations in new product development in the...
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of new product development. Since new product development is regarded as the key to innovation due to its strong …
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integrating innovations in human resource practices, innovation capabilities, and competitive advantage. The data sample comprises … practices, innovation capabilities, competitive advantage, and SME performance. The significant success factors of innovations … in human resource practices indirectly affect SME performance through the mediation of innovation capabilities and …
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Innovation and marketing strategies adopted by multinational companies in the globalized economy are subject to …
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The selection of novel ideas is vital to the development of truly innovative products. Firms often turn to idea crowdsourcing challenges, in which both ideators and the seeker firms participate in the idea selection process. Yet prior research cautions that ideators and seeker firms may not...
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Everyday experiences speak to the accelerated pace of innovation in this era of continual change. Sometimes … disruptive innovation. In particular, we discuss several perspectives on disruption – evolutionary, relational, temporal and …
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To tackle the European Union's innovation system weaknesses in the commercialization of the research results, in 2009 … the European Commission (EC) has launched an open call for the creation of 2-3 Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs …), the operative level of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). KICs are innovation ecosystems made of …
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