"Companies are increasingly asking which of their value chain activities are best performed within their own company and which may be outsourced. In addition, they are also considering which pieces of their value chain may be better performed abroad. These interrelated decisions…
"Companies are increasingly asking which of their value chain activities are best performed within their own company and which may be outsourced. In addition, they are also considering which pieces of their value chain may be better performed abroad. These interrelated decisions…
Today's leading organizations recognize the importance of research and development (R & D) to maintain and grow market share. If companies want to survive into the future, they must accelerate their R & D-to-market cycles or find themselves behind the competition. Project Manage…
In Public Goods, Public Gains, Link and Scott discuss the systematic application of alternative evaluation methods to estimate the social benefits of publicly-financed research and development (R & D). The authors argue that economic theory should be the guiding criterion for an…
In the intense competition of the global marketplace, there are six primary sources of sustainable competitive advantage which determine a company's short-term survival as well as long term market leadership. These six advantages are: research and development; production automat…
Offers an analysis of the relations and interplay between the internal activities of firms, their changing boundaries, and increasing reliance on networks and alliances with other firms. The contributors to the text offer a blend of theoretical and empirical studies based on a s…
This work investigates the relationship between corporate governance, market structure and innovation. The editors observe that a number of radical mutations are occuring in industries that have played a crucial role in sustaining and fostering the pace of technological progress…
The conditions for successful manufacturing have changed considerably in recent years. New technologies such as information technology and biotechnology are considered important players in eradicating poverty in developing countries, but the risky nature of projects based on new…
