In recent years, literature has identified the increasing complexity of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and highlighted their sensitivity to differences in managerial culture and management systems. Research has shown that performance measurement systems (PMSs) could play an important...

1. Introduction -- 2. The Challenge of Product Innovation -- 3. Managing Product Innovation: A Framework -- 4. Intelligence: Uncovering Innovation Opportunities Through Customer Involvement -- 5. Searching for Innovation Opportunities: Idea Generation and Technology Development -- 6. Product...

The challenges of generating Emotion-Focused product ideas -- Process creation: structuring the Emotion-Driven Innovation -- The language of Emotion-Driven Innovation -- Process development: testing the E-DI in academic environments -- Process validation: towards the application of E-DI in real...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Strategic Innovation Driven by Digital Transformation -- Chapter 3. Industry 4.0 and its Digital Paradigms -- Chapter 4. Industry 4.0 and the Emergent Business Models -- Chapter 5. The Integration of Digital Business Models: the Amazon Case Study -- Chapter...

The literature emphasizes the important role performance measurement systems (PMS) play in supporting organizational development in small and medium enterprises (SMEs). However, there are very few empirical and theoretical studies on the factors that influence performance measurement practices...

Purpose: Since the 1980s, performance measurement and management (PMM) has been described as an essential element of new public management (NPM) reforms. The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the current state of the art and future research opportunities for PMM in public...

Purpose: The literature highlights the key role of human resource management in developing effective organizational performance measurement and management. To understand the state of the art of this role, the paper reviews the literature on human resource management in the performance...

Purpose: Literature identifies the key relevance of human resource management (HRM) in the creation of an organisational performance measurement and management system, while, in practice, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) continue to prioritise financial and operational aspects. This...