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Virtual Collaborative R&D Teams in Malaysian Manufacturing SMEs

Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Abdul Rashid, … - 2013

This paper presents the results of empirical research conducted during March to September 2009. The study focused on the influence of virtual research and development (R&D) teams within Malaysian manufacturing small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The specific objective of the study is...

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Virtual Collaborative R&D Teams in Malaysia Manufacturing SMEs

Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Abdul Rashid, … - 2013

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Evaluating the Academic Trend of RFID Technology Based on SCI and SSCI Publications from 2001 to 2014

Shakiba, Masoud - 2016

Radio frequency identification (RFID) is one of the most influential technologies of the twenty-first century. Today, RFID technology is being applied in a wide array of disciplines in science research and industrial projects. The significant impact of RFID is clearly visible by the rate of...

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Supplier Assessment and Selection Using Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process in a Steel Manufacturing Company

Tahriri, Farzad; Dabbagh, Mohammad; Ale Ebrahim, Nader - 2014

Every organization needs suppliers and no organization can exist without suppliers. Therefore, the organizations approach to suppliers and the selection of the appropriate supplier, its acquisition processes and policies, and its relationships with suppliers, is of vital importance, both to...

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Innovation, Survival and Performance of Canadian Manufacturing Plants

Baldwin, John R.; Gu, Wulong - 2009

This paper examines the determinants of innovation and the role of innovation in productivity growth, shifts in market … share and survival in the Canadian manufacturing sector. The paper presents a model that examines the effect of innovation … plant performance both before and after the introduction of an innovation. We find strong evidence that labour productivity …

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Technology Use and Industrial Transformation : Empirical Perspectives

Baldwin, John R.; Diverty, Brent; Sabourin, David - 1998

This study examines technology use in Canada's manufacturing sector and how a set of technology-using manufacturing establishments performed relative to non-users. Data originates from a recent Statistics Canada survey, asking manufacturing firms about their use of 22 advanced manufacturing...

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Advanced Technology Use in Canadian Manufacturing Establishments

Baldwin, John R. - 1998

This paper investigates the characteristics of Canadian manufacturing plants that are related to the use of advanced technologies. The data used are taken from the 1989 Survey of Manufacturing Technology and are linked to administrative data taken from the Census of Manufacturers. Technology use...

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The Effect of Changing Technology Use on Plant Performance in the Canadian Manufacturing Sector

Baldwin, John R.; Sabourin, David - 2009

, probably through its impact on product innovation. The market rewards those businesses that managed to improve their efficiency …

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Industrial Competition, Shifts in Market Share and Productivity Growth

Baldwin, John R.; Gu, Wulong - 2009

This paper investigates the extent to which productivity growth is the result of turnover - the process that shifts output from one firm to another as a result of the competitive process. Turnover occurs because some firms gain market share and others lose it. Some turnover is due to entry and...

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Death of Canadian Manufacturing Plants : Heterogeneous Responses to Changes in Tariffs and Real Exchange Rates

Baldwin, John R. - 2010

We examine the simultaneous effects of real-exchange-rate movements and of tariff reductions on plant death in Canadian manufacturing industries between 1979 and 1996. We find that both currency appreciation and tariff cuts increase the probability of plant death, but that tariff reductions have...

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