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The Effectiveness of Virtual R&D Teams in SMEs: Experiences of Malaysian SMEs

Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Rashid, Abdul; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

The number of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), especially those involved with research and development (R&D) programs and employed virtual teams to create the greatest competitive advantage from limited labor are increasing. Global and localized virtual R&D teams are believed to have a high...

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Antitrust and the competitive structure of the U.S. pulp and paper industry, 1950-1990

Toivanen, Hannes - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005

technological learning and the course of technological innovation. Industry’s recent performance and contemporary global …

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A Bourdieusian Perspective on Acculturation: Mexican Immigrants in the United States

Prieto, Leonel; Sagafi-nejad, Tagi; Janamanchi, Balaji - In: Administrative Sciences 3 (2013) 4, pp. 290-305

This article uses Bourdieu’s theory of practice (BTOP) to understand immigrants’ acculturation. It synthesizes research findings by discussing acculturation as: (1) equalization of immigrants’ and natives’ development (convergence); (2) language and social practices related to economic,...

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Product Intelligence: Its Conceptualization, Measurement and Impact on Consumer Satisfaction

Rijsdijk, Rijsdijk, S.A.; Hultink, Hultink, E.J.; … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2007

framework in which product intelligence leads to consumer satisfaction through the innovation attributes of relative advantage …

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Technological Dynamics and Social Capability: Comparing U.S. States and European Nations

Fagerberg, Jan; Feldman, Maryann; Srholec, Martin - Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education and … - 2012

This paper analyzes factors that shape the technological capabilities of individual U.S. states and European countries, which are arguably comparable policy units. The analysis demonstrates convergence in technological capabilities from 2000 to 2007. The results indicate that social...

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R&D, Socio-Economic Conditions and Regional Innovation in the United States

Crescenzi, Riccardo; Rodriguez-Pose, Andres - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

This paper looks at the genesis of innovation in the United States from a territorial perspective. The analysis aims to … disentangle the impact of local R&D expenditure from other contextual conditions supportive of the process of innovation …. Particular emphasis is devoted to the role of socio-economic factors and systems of innovation conditions (‘social filter …

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What's New About the New Economy? IT, Economic Growth and Productivity

Bosworth, Barry P.; Triplett, Jack E. - In: International Productivity Monitor 2 (2001) Spring, pp. 19-30

Has the economy fundamentally changed in the 1990s because of the introduction of information technology or is the impact of IT not so much "new" as larger than before? In this article, Barry Bosworth and Jack Triplett of the Brooking Institution examine this issue with a detailed analysis of...

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Sustainable effects of technological progress and trade liberalization

Shachmurove, Yochanan; Spiegel, Uriel - In: Economic Modelling 33 (2013) C, pp. 956-964

This paper examines the controversy involving international trade by employing a simple model. It analyzes the effects of unilateral technological improvements in one entity on the welfare of that entity and its trading partners. Improvements in one country are irreversible and lead to...

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Are All Technological Improvements Beneficial? Absolutely Not

Shachmurove, Yochanan; Spiegel, Uriel - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - 2013

This paper shows, using a simple model, that wasteful innovations may result in a loss-loss situation where no country experiences an increase in welfare. If some countries introduce innovations that result in harmful effects on other countries, it may cause the adversely affected countries to...

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Ricardo Meets China, India and U.S. Three Hundred Years Later

Shachmurove, Yochanan; Spiegel, Uriel - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - 2009

As our trading world becomes more globalized, who benefits and who gets hurt? This paper relies on the Ricardian model to explore the effects of technological improvements in underdeveloped countries on the welfare of developed countries. For example, trading between the United States and China,...

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