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Innovation and R&D Activities in Virtual Team
Ebrahim, Nader Ale; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Taha, Zahari - HAL - 2009
Innovation plays a central role in economic development, at the regional and national level. In the competitive … innovation and the strategic objectives that have been set, firms will regularly have to modify the way in which their R&D and … innovation are organized. Nowadays, shift from serial to simultaneous and parallel working in innovation has become more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010898953
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Virtual Teams: a Literature Review
Ebrahim, Nader Ale; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Taha, Zahari - HAL - 2009
In the competitive market , virtual teams represent a growing response to the need for fasting time-to- market, low-cost and rapid solutions to complex organizational problems. Virtual teams enable organizations to pool the talents and expertise of employees and non-employees by eliminating time...
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Virtual Team Collaboration: A Review of Literature and Perspectives
Karoui, Myriam; Gürkan, Ali; Dudezert, Aurélie - HAL - 2010
Along with the widespread use of information technologies (IT) and the increasing geographical span of tasks held by various organizations, Virtual Teams (VTs) rose as an alternative organizational form which has the potential to deeply change the workplace. This article provides a review of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008793016
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Why Firms Form Research Joint Ventures: Theory and Evidence
Röller, Lars-Hendrik; Siebert, Ralph; Tombak, Mihkel - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997
The literature on research joint ventures (RJVs) has emphasized internalizing spillovers and cost-sharing as motives for RJV formation. In this paper we develop two additional explanations: product market complementarities and firm heterogeneity. We analyse a model of RJVs with asymmetric firms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005662169
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Motivation and Sorting in Open Source Software Innovation
Belenzon, Sharon; Schankerman, Mark - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
innovation. We exploit the observed pattern of contributions - the 'revealed preference' of developers - to infer the underlying …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005789146
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Innovation in Cities: Science-Based Diversity, Specialization and Localized Competition
Audretsch, David B; Feldman, Maryann P - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998
effect of the composition of economic activity on innovation. We test whether the specialization of economic activity within … together complementary activities, better promotes innovation. The evidence provides considerable support for the diversity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005662217
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Agglomeration and the Location of Innovative Activity
Audretsch, David B - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998
Only a few years ago the conventional wisdom predicted that globalization would render the demise of the region as a meaningful unit of economic analysis. Yet the obsession of policy-makers around the globe to 'create the next Silicon Valley' reveals the increased importance of geographic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005661735
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Technoethics and the evolving knowledge society : ethical issues in technological design, research, development, and innovation
Luppicini, Rocci - 2010
This book examines human processes and practices connected to technology embedded within social, political, and moral spheres of life. This innovative publication engages readers in critical debates connected to the ethical dimensions of a technological society through insightful examinations,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011726754
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Handbook of research on digital media and creative technologies
Harrison, Dew (ed.) - 2015
Polanec -- Tools for the process: technology to support creativity and innovation / Rachel Heinen [and 4 others] -- Digital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011728196
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The world upside down
Fabre, Guilhem; Grumbach, Stephane - HAL - 2012
R&D and innovation have become much more strategic than ever before for the growth of China as well as for its global … societal upgrade. The Chinese authorities have designed an innovation strategy to face new economic and social challenges. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009654257