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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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Can Institutional Change Impact High-Technology Firm Growth?: Evidence from Germany's Neuer Markt
Audretsch, David B.; Elston, Julie Ann - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft - 2004
and innovation within the German economy. …
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The Innovation, Unemployment and Competitiveness Challenge in Germany
Audretsch, David B - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995
international competitiveness - to a lack of innovative activity. In Germany the Innovationskrise (innovation crisis) combines with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005661481
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International cooperation on innovation: empirical evidence for German and Portuguese firms
Faria, Pedro; Schmidt, Tobias - Deutsche Bundesbank - 2007
innovation activities. Portuguese and German data from the harmonised Community Innovation Survey (CIS III) allow us to compare … innovation cooperation behaviour of private firms in the two countries. Using a bivariate probit model, we show that the …
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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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Knowledge Production in Nanomaterials: An Application of Spatial Filtering to Regional Systems of Innovation
Patuelli, Roberto; Grimpe, Christoph - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008
Nanomaterials are seen as a key technology for the 21st Century, and much is expected of them in terms of innovation … products. In this context, it seems all the more important for regions to put their own innovation systems in place, and to … conditions and configurations allow a regional innovation system to be competitive in a cutting-edge technology like …
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The impact of brand use on innovation performance: Empirical results for Germany
Crass, Dirk - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014
The market launch of product innovations is the most visible output of a firm's investment in innovation activities. To … number of different ways, and optimize their innovation process. The success of a firm's innovation strategy has two … product innovation. Second, the ability to turn the market introduction of a product innovation into commercial success. While …
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Organizing Innovation Complementarities between Cross-Functional Teams
Love, James H.; Roper, Stephen; Mangiarotti, Giovanni - DRUID, Copenhagen Business School, Department of … - 2006
Cross-functional teams play a potentially important part in the innovation process enabling knowledge sharing, the … complementarities which may arise when cross-functional teams are used in different elements of the innovation process in UK and German … manufacturing plants. Using optimal combinations of cross-functional teams in the innovation process increases innovation success in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005627323
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Auswirkungen der Wirtschaftskrise auf die Innovationstätigkeit der Unternehmen in Deutschland
Rammer, Christian - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung / Quarterly … 80 (2011) 3, pp. 13-34
The massive economic crisis 2008/09 had substantial impacts on the innovation activities of the German economy. The … loss in sales and profits resulted in a sharp decline of innovation expenditure. While capital expenditure for new products … and improved processes were cut substantially, R&D budgets basically remained unchanged. Firms with innovation and R …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009371854
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The EU Framework Programs: Are they worth doing?
Dekker, Ronald; kleinknecht, A.H. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Using CIS data from the Netherlands, Germany and France we test whether EU Framework programs do have effects on their participants' R&D input and innovative output. From our Heckman selection equations, we conclude that the FPs attract the "elite" of European innovators. The question is...
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