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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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Motivation and Sorting in Open Source Software Innovation
Belenzon, Sharon; Schankerman, Mark - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2008
innovation. Unlike previous literature based on survey data, we exploit the observed pattern of contributions - the .revealed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005670637
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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
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Does FDI Work as a Channel for R&D Spillovers? Evidence Based on Swedish Data
Braconier, Henrik; Ekholm, Karolina; Knarvik, Midelfart; … - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2001
Multinational enterprises (MNEs) are important in transmitting technology across national borders. Not only do they allow for transfer of technology within the firm, but it is also believed that they are important channels for international R&D spillovers as well. This paper analyzes empirically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005207055
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The Long-Run Growth Effects of R&D Subsidies.
Segerstrom, P.S. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1998
This paper presents a model of R&D-driven growth without scale effects where firms can engage in both horizontal and vertical R&D activities.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005486496
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Utilization of R&D Results in the Home and Foreign Plants of Multinationals.
Fors, G. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1996
This paper analyzes the utilization of R&D results in the home and foreign plants of Swedish maltinational enterprises (MNEs). The empirical findings indicate that the firms' R&D undertaken in the home country is used as an input in both the home and foreign plants of the MNEs.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005486505
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Overseas R&D by Multinationals in Foreign Centers of Excellence.
Fors, G.; Zejan, M. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1996
This paper examines the determinants of overseas R&D by Swedish multinationals. Our empirical results indicate that the location of R&D abroad to a large extent is motivated by the need to adapt products and processes to conditions in the foreign markets where the firms operate.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005639293
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Swidish Multinational Corporations: Recent Trends in Foreign Activities.
Braunerhjelm, P.; Ekholm, K.; Grundberg, L.; Karpaty, P. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1996
This paper presents recent trends in the foreign activities of Swedish multinationals. The focus is on the distribution of production and R&D between the MNCs' domestic and foreign units, and the pattern of trade within the firms.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005639304