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The impact of internationalization on the technology sourcing performance of high--tech business units

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An analysis of 158 questionnaires from the R & D managers of 16 leading pharmaceutical and semiconductor business units in Germany and Japan reveals that the internationalization of technology sourcing improves the effectiveness or output performance while not affecting the efficiency or input performance.

Germany, Use of services, Pharmaceutical preparations, Economic aspects, Pharmaceutical industry, Surveys, Globalization, Outsourcing

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Survival and the introduction of new technology: a patent analysis in the integrated circuit industry

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The impact of valuable technology development by a firm, the newness of its technology, and the effects of the rate at which knowledge is being introduced into the market on the probability of a firmEs failure are discussed. This is studied taking into account the integrated circuit industry.

Italy, Business Failures, Usage, Case studies, Causes of, Technology application, Appropriate technology

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A dimensional analysis of geographically distributed project teams: a case study

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An analysis of the qualitative data collected from large organizations in the US, Japan and Europe indicates the lack of understanding of distributed systems. A theory-based model, which facilitates the understanding of the dimensions of distributed systems, is presented.

United States, Europe, General services, Science & research, Management dynamics, Multinational Corporations, Research, Management, International business enterprises, Company systems management, Information management, Company business management, Distributed processing (Computers), Distributed computing

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