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Strategic and Operational Management of Supplier Involvement in New Product Development: a Contingency Perspective

van Echtelt, van Echtelt, F.E.A.; Wynstra, Wynstra, J.Y.F. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2007

This paper examines how firms succeed to leverage supplier involvement in product development. The paper extends earlier work on managing supplier involvement by providing an integrated analysis of results, processes and conditions both at the level of individual development projects and the...

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Standardisation as a Catalyst for Innovation

Blind, Blind, K. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2009

/>-------------------------------------------------------<br/> Traditionally, standards have been perceived as contradicting innovation. However, this view has been overturned in recent years … address will present the innovation-promoting impacts of standards in three different dimensions. In addition, possible … barriers for the exploitation of these potentials and negative implications of the interaction between innovation and …

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Reflexivity in Teams: A Measure and Correlates

Schippers, Schippers, M.C.; den Hartog, den Hartog, D.N.; … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2005

Reflexivity -the extent to which teams reflect upon and modify their functioning- has been identified as a possible key factor in the effectiveness of work teams. The aim of the present study was to develop a questionnaire to measure (aspects of) reflexivity, with a focus on team reflection. The...

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A Methodology for Assessing Eco-Efficiency in Logistics Networks

Bloemhof-Ruwaard, Jacqueline Bloemhof; Quariguasi Frota … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2007

Recent literature on sustainable logistics networks points to two important questions: (i) How to spot the preferred solution(s) balancing environmental and business concerns? (ii) How to improve the understanding of the trade-offs between these two dimensions? We posit that a complete...

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Standards Education Policy Development: Observations based on APEC Research

Choi, Choi, D.G.; de Vries, de Vries, H.J.; Kim, Kim, D. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2009

This paper stems from a research project carried out for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) to make an inventory of national standards education policies. Twenty countries - sixteen Asia-Pacific economies and four European nations – have been investigated. The paper relates...

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Understanding a Two-Sided Coin: Antecedents and Consequences of a Decomposed Product Advantage

Rijsdijk, Rijsdijk, S.A.; Langerak, Langerak, F.; … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2008

This article investigates the antecedents and consequences of two product advantage components: product meaningfulness and product superiority. Product meaningfulness concerns the benefits that users receive from buying and using a new product, whereas product superiority concerns the extent to...

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Necessary Condition Hypotheses in Operations Management

Dul, Jan; Hak, Hak, A.; Goertz, Goertz, G.; Voss, Voss, C. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2010

Purpose – To show that necessary condition hypotheses are important in operations management, and to present a consistent methodology for building and testing them. Necessary condition hypotheses (“X is necessary for Y”) express conditions that must be present in order to have a desired...

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Performance Approximation and Design of Pick-and-Pass Order Picking Systems

Yu, Yu, M.; de Koster, de Koster, M.B.M. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2007

In this paper, we discuss an approximation method based on G/G/m queuing network modeling using Whitt’s (1983) queuing network analyzer to analyze pick-and-pass order picking systems. The objective of this approximation method is to provide an instrument for obtaining rapid performance...

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Dominant Design or Multiple Designs: The Flash Memory Card Case

de Vries, de Vries, H.J.; de Ruijter, de Ruijter, J.P.M.; … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2009

Literature suggests that in battles between competing designs, ultimately one design will emerge as dominant to the detriment of the others. Various factors and forces have been identified to explain this phenomenon. Yet, sometimes no dominant design emerges at all and multiple competing designs...

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Exploring retailers' sensitivity to local sustainability policies

Quak, Quak, H.J.; de Koster, de Koster, M.B.M. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2005

Local governments in Western Europe increasingly use city time-access regulations to improve social sustainibility. These regulations significantly influence the distribution process of retail chain organizations. This paper studies the impact of governmental timewindow pressure on retailers’...

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