This article examines business practices focused on knowledge and innovation and the relationship of these business … knowledge and innovation-related business practices. Our analysis reveals that firms in each country can be categorised based on … their focus on knowledge and innovation as: (1) high focus; (2) moderate focus; or (3) low focus. Results indicate that …

innovation processes. Yet, pharmaceutical firms must innovate to compete. Outsourcing knowledge intensive activities to knowledge … process organizations (KPOs) serves to reduce innovation process obstacles. Grounded in diffusion theory and strategic … and scope, knowledge sharing, and learning. This paper claims that (a) accumulated core competencies of multinational …

engineering mechanics knowledge has been identified. The framework has been applied to break down and categorise common mistakes … and dynamics. The framework separates knowledge into factual, procedural, conceptual, and principle areas in a semi … to be biased towards procedural knowledge, rather than conceptual knowledge as one might expect for an introductory …

With the appropriate framework to shape financial knowledge, the management accounting function should become an … organization's principal decision-support platform. The framework consists of six levels of financial knowledge, and the word … "financial" is most operative here. The Level 1 knowledge base connects a business to the outside world. When you have output …

innovation. While Mimicry has been applied to various areas of sciences such as engineering, biomimetics and behavioural sciences … whether mimicry inhibits innovation, or which type of mimicry would be better evaluated. As such, mimicry in Marketing is …

between innovation and economic efficiency.Where a patent holder's invention uses an interface with adjacentproducts, the … goods; design changes tomedical devices; and changes in drug formulas. While the patent lawsprovide a spur to innovation by …

This paper empirically shows that innovation in Information Technology (IT) has become increasingly dependent on and … intertwined with innovation in software. This change in the nature of IT innovation has had differential effects on the …’s contribution in IT innovation and the differential innovation performance of US and Japanese electronics, semiconductors, and …

entrepreneurship on one of their champions, Joseph Schumpeter. Schumpeter's insights on innovation and entrepreneurship issues are …, though imperfectly, without interference. Originality/value - The paper suggests that innovation and entrepreneurship are the …

option; it is crucial to the ongoing success of global businesses. Leadership that encourage innovation and entrepreneurial … behaviour, serves to overcome the lack of knowledge. The management of diversity in the workplace is essential as global … create shared perceptions that support innovation and entrepreneurship. This paper argues for congruency, as well as …

) increases on the strategic emphasis placed on innovation, both product and process, positively impact the prominence managers … place on IT; (2) the impact of innovation (both product and process) on performance (both profitability and growth) is …