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A Theory of the Evolution of Technology : Technological Parasitism and the Implications for Innovation Management
Coccia, Mario - 2020
This study proposes the theory of technological parasitism that may be useful for bringing a new perspective to explain and generalize the evolution of technology directed to sustain competitive advantage of firms and nations. Technological parasitism explains the relationship of mutualistic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012844979
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Failures in Project Management : Analysis and Managerial Solutions
Coccia, Mario - 2023
This study investigates the failure in project management due to bounded rationality of organizations in the presence of complex and uncertain environments. Examples of failure in project management are described from pharmaceutical sectors (e.g., antibody drugs for Alzheimer’s disease), space...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014343967
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Strategy and Market Management of New Product Development and Incremental Innovation : Evidence From Italian SMEs
Calabrese, Giuseppe; Coccia, Mario; Rolfo, Secondo - 2015
The industrial structure of many European countries is dominated by small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Although SMEs … the innovation process is very low. Moreover, if we consider the SMEs operating in the mature sectors, such as automotive … and machines tools, the situation is worrying. The aim of this paper is to analyse in-depth a sample of manufacturing SMEs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014036284
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Project Management in Public Research Organisations : Strategic Change in Complex Scenarios
Coccia, Mario - 2015
The efficient organisation of public research bodies is important to increase the production of scientific research, which is more and more necessary for competitiveness in modern economies. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the new project-based organisation of the biggest public research...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013026342
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The Relation between Public Managers’ Compensation and Governance
Coccia, Mario - 2018
A vast literature in the field of public organizations has analyzed several factors of the compensation of government senior managers. However, the institutional factors associated with high levels of compensation of public managers are hardly known. In particular, studies about the possible...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012924133
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A New Taxonomy of Rewards in Public Administration for Management Implications
Coccia, Mario - 2018
A fundamental question in the field of management is how rewards support the motivation and performance of individuals and the efficiency of organizations. Literature of public administration categorizes rewards with some dimensions, such as formality, tangibility, measurability, etc. However,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012926161
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Rewards in Bureaucracy and Politics
Igor, Benati - 2018
A fundamental question in the field of administrative sciences is how rewards support the motivation and performance of civil servants and the efficiency of organizations. Literature of public administration categorizes rewards with some dimensions, such as formality, tangibility, measurability,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012926549
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Comparative Incentive Systems
Coccia, Mario - 2019
The term ‘incentive' (from Latin incentivum ‘something that sets the tune') is a tangible and/or intangible reward that motivates people and creates favorable environmental conditions to maximize performance to achieve specific goals in organization or competition and/or society
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012889370
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Rewards in Public Administration : A Proposed Classification
Coccia, Mario - 2018
Social and administrative sciences categorize rewards with some dimensions. However, these interpretative models seem to be elusive because they do not consider all the elements of rewards system within public administration. The goal of this paper is to suggest a new classification considering...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012914145
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Structure and Organisational Behaviour of Public Research Institutions under Unstable Growth of Human Resources
Coccia, Mario - 2015
The study here analyses the structure and organisational behaviour of research organisations in the presence of shrinking budgets. A vital case study of large public research institution in Italy is investigated since it has a similar structure to other European research bodies. Empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014136602