A recent phenomenon of globalisation has come to be known as "Knowledge Process Outsourcing" (KPO), whereby knowledge-intensive R&D work is outsourced to an outside firm or an offshore-subsidiary. Primary motives of KPO are thought to be availability of highly-skilled labour, locations of...

This report is a part of our study “The Emergence of Indian Multinationals: An Empirical Study of Motives, Status-quo and Trends of Indian Investments in Germany”. The study was conducted under the aegis of our “Research Project Global Innovation” at the Institute of Technology and...

Nach Jahren des Überdenkens und der bloßen Optimierung unternehmensinterner Prozesse undStrukturen sowie der isolierten Anwendung diverser Ansätze wie „Lean Management“ und„Lean Production“ fällt der Fokus zunehmend auf innovatorische Kräfte innerhalb der Unternehmung,gerade weil...