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Deviation Among Technology Reviews: An Informative Enrichment of Technology Evolution Theory for Marketing

Stremersch, Stefan; Sood, Sood, A. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2010

Understanding technological change is of critical importance to marketers, as it bears new markets, new brands, new customers, and new market leaders. This paper examines the deviation among reviews of a technology’s performance and its consequences for inferences on technology evolution...

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Problems and Solutions in Knowledge Transfer

Nooteboom, Bart - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2001

A central feature of innovation systems is that innovation arises from interaction between organizational units. This … existing tacit knowledge. Next to issues of learning or competence development there are also issues of governance, in the … systems of innovation. …

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Explaining Preferences and Actual Involvement in Self-Employment: New Insights into the Role of Gender

Verheul, Ingrid; Thurik, Roy; Grilo, Grilo, I. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2008

This paper investigates why women’s self-employment rates are consistently lower than those of men. It has three focal points. It discriminates between the preference for self-employment and actual involvement in self-employment using a two (probit) equation model. It makes a systematic...

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Commitment or Control? Human Resource Management Practices in Female and Male-Led Businesses

Verheul, Ingrid - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2007

This paper investigates the commitment-orientation of HRM practices in female- and male-led firms. A distinction is made between emphasizing commitment or control in the design of HRM practices. To test for gender differences use is made of a sample of 555 Dutch firms. Contrary to what is...

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Gender Pay Differences in the European Union: Do Higher Wages Make Up For Discrimination?

Verheul, Ingrid; Canton, Canton, E.J.F. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2009

This paper explores the role of social interactions at the work floor for understanding gender pay differences in the EU. Using data from the Fourth European Working Conditions Survey, we find that sex similarity of subordinate and supervisor decreases the pay disadvantage for women in...

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The Management of Innovation in Project Based Firms

Keegan, Keegan, A.; Turner, Turner, J.R. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2000

Innovation is an important area of management theory, but there is a paucity of research on innovation in project based … current managerial challenges. In this paper we research innovation in twenty project based firms. We identify three key areas … of innovation from the theoretical literature and conduct empirical research, discovering (1) whether project based firms …

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A multi-country study of the adoption of ERP systems

van Everdingen, van Everdingen, Y.M.; Waarts, Waarts, E. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2003

-level variables (i.e. national culture) to explain differences in innovation penetration levels and adoption decisions by companies … have a strong, significant influence on the innovation penetration and adoption. In addition, we find adoption models … including micro-, meso- and macro-level variables to perform significantly better in explaining innovation adoption across …

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Modelling and Optimizing Imperfect Maintenance of Coatings on Steel Structures

Nicolai, R.P.; Dekker, Rommert; Frenk, Frenk, J.B.G. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2007

Steel structures such as bridges, tanks and pylons are exposed to outdoor weathering conditions. In order to prevent them from corrosion they are protected by an organic coating system. Unfortunately, the coating system itself is also subject to deterioration. Imperfect maintenance actions such...

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Knowledge Management as a Strategic Tool to Foster Innovativeness of SMEs

Zhou, Zhou, H.; Uhlaner, Uhlaner, L.M. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2009

sharing) and innovation behavior. The concept of absorptive capacity and assumptions from the dynamic capabilities view …

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Urban Distribution: The Impacts of Different Governmental Time-Window Schemes

Quak, Quak, H.J.; de Koster, de Koster, M.B.M. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2006

Local authorities increasingly use time-access regulations to improve social sustainability issues, such as the attractiveness of a city centre, the shopping climate, or to reduce the nuisance caused by urban freight transport. However, these time-windows increase delivery costs and the...

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