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Product innovation is vital to ongoing brand equity and has been responsible for revitalizing many brands, including … form of innovation available to a firm, surprisingly no study has sought to bridge this gap. This study aims to address … this issue by, first, building a typology of the innovation practices underpinning differently positioned brands and …
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) increases on the strategic emphasis placed on innovation, both product and process, positively impact the prominence managers … place on IT; (2) the impact of innovation (both product and process) on performance (both profitability and growth) is …
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Innovation is internationally recognized as an important source of competitiveadvantage. It was the aim of this … analysis was conducted on the data collectedin order to establish what the key drivers of innovation are.Although the factor … drivers of product andservice innovation in South African firms. …
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innovation and technological change when undertaking new product development. Focusing on the management of technology, it will … straightforward. Innovation is a complex process shaped not only by the firm's internal environment, but also by the interactions that … appreciate the value of these interactions in promoting innovation. However, for those involved in innovative new product …
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Innovation and new product development (NPD) are critical to firm success and are often cited as means to a sustained … competitive advantage. Unfortunately, the question of which innovation programs to pursue and how they should be funded is not … analysis of the firm's total R&D investment and we show how R&D intensity (the percentage of revenue that is reinvested in R …
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Functional Food emerged as a constant segment in the Europeanfood market and offer potential for product innovations which make themattractive for the food industry in nearly stagnating markets. Target groupresearch is one key factor for successful innovative food products. The aimof this...
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The Connecticut low income weatherization program was developed in response to a 1987 rate docket order from the Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control (DPUC) to Connecticut Light Power Co., an operating subsidiary of Northeast Utilities (NU). (Throughout this report, NU is referred to...
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The Washington State Energy Office (WSEO) has been running the Oil Help program for three years. Originally operated as a loan program, Oil Help switched to rebates during the 1987 and 1988. Rebates for oil furnace replacements made up over 70 percent of rebate funds, which totaled about $1.3...
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As part of measuring the impact of government programs on improving the energy efficiency of the nation`s building stock, the Department of Energy Office of Building Technology, State and Community Programs (BTS) is interested in assessing the economic impacts of its portfolio of programs,...
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The final design and economics of the Torbett-Hutchings-Smith (THS) Memorial Hospital geothermal heating system at Marlin, Texas are outlined. A brief description of the existing heating system, an overview of the geothermal retrofit, and the results of an economic analysis are included. It is...
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