Final Assignment (Term Paper) : Research Focus and Methodologies for Understanding Innovation in Small-Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Course : Qualitative Case Study Research Faculty : Prof. Rajen Gupta, MDI Submitted by : Davinder Singh, EFPM (2011) Research Focus and Methodologies for Understanding Innovation in Small - Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Introduction Innovation is a product, service, or process that is new or perceived as new by its developers and provides increased value to
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THE ROLE OF EMPLOYEES AND MANAGERS IN HOTEL INNOVATION - EVIDENCE FROM BRAŞOV COUNTY Nistor Răzvan, Stegerean Roxana, Petre Anamaria Management Department, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, BabeşBolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania razvan.nistor@econ.ubbcluj.ro roxana.stegerean@econ.ubbcluj.ro anamaria.petre@econ.ubbcluj.ro Abstract: This paper seeks to relate the effects of human resource management on innovation, from the perspectives of both employees and managers
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Co-Creation is a buzz word now-a -days. Customers actively participate in value design chain to create enormous values for both themselves and company. For Co-creation, virtual world or second life environment are mandatory. With advent of latest innovation in Information communication technologies, such environments are possible. Benefits arising from customers’ participation in such programs are visible in many products. For example, AB Volvo has accelerated product development by involving customers
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Company of 2010 in the clean tech sector. It is the first company to synthesize waxes from recycled plastics. According to the CEO of Greenmantra technologies Mr. Pushkar Kumar, his early environment and the technological advance led him to this innovation and break through recycling process. He said, “I grew up in India, where I witnessed a world with almost no recycling or waste utilization. It seemed as if plastics were piling up everywhere, but nobody could find a use for them. Knowing that plastics
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THE PDMA HANDBOOK OF NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT T HIRD E DITION Kenneth B. Kahn, Editor Associate Editors: Sally Evans Kay Rebecca J. Slotegraaf Steve Uban JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC. Cover image: © Les Cunliffe/iStockphoto Cover design: Elizabeth Brooks This book is printed on acid-free paper. Copyright © 2013 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey Published simultaneously in Canada No part of this publication may
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Innovation and internationalization through exports Author(s): Bruno Cassiman and Elena Golovko Source: Journal of International Business Studies, Vol. 42, No. 1 (January 2011), pp. 56-75 Published by: Palgrave Macmillan Journals Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25790105 Accessed: 03-11-2015 10:14 UTC Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at http://www.jstor.org/page/ info/about/policies/terms.jsp JSTOR is a not-for-profit
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simulation is convincing the majority of managers and employees in Spectrum Sunglass Company to accept the new sustainable development strategy within 96 weeks. Because this innovation involving a high degree of risks, some managers who are conservatism unwilling to take this challenge. I played the role of Director of Product Innovation within the R & D unit and I
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025-1065 The firm’s operational capability and innovation: Comparative studies of innovative firms from the south of Brazil. PAULO ANTÔNIO ZAWISLAK Graduate Center on Business Administration Management School Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul Rua Washington Luiz, 855, Porto Alegre, RS, 90.010-000, Brazil paz@ea.ufrgs.br ANTÔNIO DOMINGOS PADULA Graduate Center on Business Administration Management School Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul Rua Washington Luiz, 855, Porto
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Case Studies Radical innovation at Philips Lighting 1.0 Introduction To state the obvious, radical innovation isn’t easy. It involves taking a leap into the unknown – and is particularly difficult for established organizations who have a track record of success which they don’t want to put at risk. So how does an organization jump the tracks? How can it switch off its immune system and open itself up to new – and potentially dangerous – inputs? How can it reframe, let go of its old ways
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valued in the organization and for what roles. (Leslie, J. 2009) The two skills I feel are necessary for the success of innovation and the formation of a successful innovative organization is Strategic Planning and Leading People. Within the initial creation of an innovation and innovator must have a strategic plan set to meet small goals in order to obtain or create that unique innovation. A strategic plan is a document used to communicate with the organization the organization’s goals, the actions needed
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