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What Turns Knowledge into Innovative Products? The Role of Entrepreneurship and Knowledge Spillovers

Block, Joern H.; Thurik, Roy; Zhou, Zhou, H. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2009

entrepreneurship with respect to economic performance. This paper uses the knowledge spillover theory to explain different innovation …-to-the-market innovation but has no effect on the relationship between knowledge and new-to-the-firm innovation. Our results using European … chances that knowledge will become new-to-the-market innovation. The findings highlight the importance of Schumpeterian …

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Absorptive Capacity: Antecedents, Models and Outcomes

Van Den Bosch, Frans A J; van Wijk, van Wijk, R.A.J.L.; … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2003

This chapter focuses on the gap between the speed of proliferation of theoretical and empirical contributions and the speed of accumulation of the acquired scientific knowledge regarding absorptive capacity. To contribute to narrowing this gap, we will in particular review the conceptual...

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The Bright Side and Dark Side of Embedded Ties In Business-to-Business Innovation

dellaert, benedict g.c.; Noordhoff, Noordhoff, C.S.; … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2011

While the number and importance of joint innovation projects between suppliers and their customers continue to rise …, the literature has yet to resolve a key question—do embedded ties with customers help or hurt supplier innovation? Drawing … innovation knowledge to influence supplier innovation. In a sample of 157 Dutch business-to-business innovation relationships, we …

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Models and algorithms for Integration of Vehicle and Crew Scheduling

Huisman, Dennis; Freling, Freling, R.; Wagelmans, … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2000

This paper deals with models, relaxations and algorithms for an integrated approach to vehicle and crew scheduling. We discuss potential benefits of integration and provide an overview of the literature, which considers mainly partial integration. Our approach is new in the sense that we can...

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Crew Scheduling for Netherlands Railways: "destination: customer"

Kroon, Kroon, L.G.; Fischetti, Fischetti, M. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2000

: In this paper we describe the use of a set covering model with additional constraints for scheduling train drivers and conductors for the Dutch railway operator NS Reizigers. The schedules were generated according to new rules originating from the project "Destination: Customer" ("Bestemming:...

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Applying an Integrated Approach to Vehicle and Crew Scheduling in Practice

Huisman, Dennis; Freling, Freling, R.; Wagelmans, … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2000

This paper deals with a practical application of an integrated approach to vehicle and crew scheduling, that we have developed previously. Computational results have shown that our approach can be applied to problems of practical size. However, application of the approach to the actual problems...

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Reinventing Crew Scheduling at Netherlands Railways

Fischetti, Fischetti, M.; Kroon, Kroon, L.G.; Timmer, … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2004

In this paper we describe the successful application of a sophisticated Operations Research model and the corresponding solution techniques for scheduling the 6,500+ drivers and conductors of the Dutch railway operator NS Reizigers (Netherlands Railways). In 2001 the drivers and conductors were...

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Why New Business Development Projects Fail: Coping with the Differences of Technological versus Market Knowledge

Van Den Bosch, Frans A J; Burgers, Burgers, J.H.; … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2007

Managing through projects has become important for generating new knowledge to cope with technological and market discontinuities. This paper examines how the fit between the creation of technological and market knowledge and important project management characteristics, i.e. project autonomy...

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Knowledge sharing in an Emerging Network of Practice: The Role of a Knowledge Portal

Bloemhof-Ruwaard, Jacqueline Bloemhof; van Baalen, van … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2005

knowledge portal facilitates the diffusion of knowledge among rather loosely coupled and often disconnected innovation projects … product-oriented to a problemoriented innovation structure. The set up of a platform and knowledge portal around agro …

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