Technological interweavement: a means of achieving innovation success

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Results of an empirical study covering 848 manufacturers based in the Lake Constance region are presented. It is shown through multivariate analyses that a firm's technological innovation success, which also determines commercial innovation success, depends greatly on the mobilization of external resources and knowledge. The establishment of close contacts with customers, relations with universities and research institutes and joint research ventures with other companies are identified as crucial in achieving innovation success.

Manufacturing industry, Manufacturing industries, Innovations, Industrial productivity

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Groupware and teamwork in R&D: limits to learning and innovation

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The experiences of drug manufacturer Hoffmann la Roche and consumer goods conglomerate Unilever provide a glimpse of the limitations of groupware applications and teamwork in managing product development. The implementation of groupware in the two firms was part of globalization of new product development. Both Hoffmann la Roche and Unilever suffered delays in the deployment of groupware technology due to serious organizational and cultural conflicts and limits in learning from technological innovation.

Prepackaged software, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing, Research & Development, Scientific Research and Development Services, Drugs, Other Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing, Product Development, Personal Care Goods NEC, Usage, Pharmaceutical industry, Industrial research, Research institutes, Work groups, Teamwork (Workplace), Technology application, Information management, Consumer goods industry, Unilever Group, Work group computing, Workgroup computing, Groupware, Personal care products, Hoffmann-La Roche AG

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Learning from leading-edge customers at the sims: opening up the innovation process using toolkits

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The usage of consumer behavior analysis for technological innovations is discussed.

United States, Management dynamics, Consumer Behavior, Analysis, Company business management, Consumer behaviour

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