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The Handbook is a definitive reference source and teaching aid for econometricians. It examines models, estimation theory, data analysis and field applications in econometrics. Comprehensive surveys, written by experts, discuss recent developments at a level suitable for professional use by economists, econometricians, statisticians, and in advanced graduate econometrics courses. For more information on the Handbooks in Economics series, please see our home page on http://www.else...

The concept of open innovation (OI) has become a very popular topic during the last decade, with increasing number of SMEs embracing OI practices to gain competitive advantage. This edited volume is a timely opportunity to gather research on OI in SMEs, to investigate how OI is managed and implemented to determine the peculiarities compared to OI management in large companies, and to specify the consequences for future OI research.The book offers insights into the following topics: The state of...

Hi-tech industries that focus on developing patterns of innovation as part of their management strategies can increase their competitiveness. However, this synergy between knowledge and experience and its resulting creativity can make them targets for takeover bids. This though destroys the continuity that is often an important factor in successful innovation processes and as they become integrated into larger and larger conglomerates, they lose the advantages which made them attractive in the f...

Massive technological change has been impacting universities and university libraries in recent years. Such change has manifested in technological developments impacting all areas of academic library activity, including systems, services, collections, the physical library environment, marketing, and support for university teaching, learning, research, and administration. Many books and papers have examined these changes from a technical perspective. However, there is little substantive reflectio...

For undergraduate courses in Human Relations, Applied Psychology, Human Relations in the Workplace, and Career Development; also appropriate for a course in Interpersonal Skills Training. This motivating and conversational text helps students achieve better interpersonal relationships at home and on the job by providing them with essential knowledge about human relations.

Aim: Provides an in-depth and holistic view of Multi Business Model and technology Innovation from practical to theoretical aspects covering topics that are equally valuable for practitioners as well as academia - also those new in the field. Scope: The journal covers Multi Business Model and technology innovation issues and solutions thereof. As Business has moved towards a world of multi business models, issues in modeling business and business models will be published. The publication takes a...

A good product roadmap is one of the most important and influential documents an organization can develop, publish, and continuously update. In fact, this one document can steer an entire organization when it comes to delivering on company strategy. This practical guide teaches you how to create an effective product roadmap, and demonstrates how to use the roadmap to align stakeholders and prioritize ideas and requests. With it, you'll learn to communicate how your products will make your custo...

This textbook addresses the conceptual and practical aspects of the various phases of the lifecycle of service systems, ranging from service ideation, design, implementation, analysis, improvement and trading associated with service systems engineering. Written by leading experts in the field, this indispensable textbook will enable a new wave of future professionals to think in a service-focused way with the right balance of competencies in computer science, engineering, and management. Funda...

Dieses Buch zeigt, dass die Kreativ- und Kulturwirtschaft Impulsgeber für Innovationen und die Implementierung neuer Technologien in Unternehmen anderer Branchen sein kann. Unternehmen der Kreativwirtschaft verfügen über besondere Kompetenzen im Hinblick auf die Gestaltung offener und nutzerorientierter Innovationsprozesse.   Dieses Potenzial kann auch in anderen Wirtschaftszweigen genutzt werden. Anhand von Matching- und Partneringmodellen wird gezeigt, dass Kooperation großen Nutzen für beid...

Photovoltaikunternehmen unterliegen internationalem Wettbewerbsdruck um technologisches Wissen. Die Service-dominante Logik (SDL) im Marketing betrachtet Wissen als Quelle von Wettbewerbsvorteilen; Akteure erlangen demnach Wissen durch Ressourcenintegration in Value Netzwerken. Allerdings erfolgen strategische Handlungsempfehlungen in Netzwerken häufig auf Grundlage einzeln betrachteter Netzwerkebenen. Marc Banaszak weist vor dem Hintergrund der SDL mit quantitativ-empirischen Befunden nach, das...

In this book, leading CEOs, CIOs and experts from international corporations explore the role of digitalization and cloud-based processes as the main business drivers of the 21st century. Focusing on how to get started with digitalization and how to handle the technologies involved, they employ analyses and practical case studies to demonstrate how to unleash the potential offered by the cloud, and how to achieve the most critical success factors – quality and security – through the right partne...

Going against conventional marketing wisdom, Absolute Value reveals what really influences customers today and offers a new framework-the Influence Mix, a totally new way of thinking about consumer decision making and marketing, and about developing more effective business strategies. How people buy things has changed profoundly-yet the fundamental thinking about consumer decision-making and marketing has not. Most marketers still believe that they can shape consumers' perception and drive thei...

Storytelling is a way for us to connect to others. But for businesses and managers, it can also be a powerful tool to help organizations grow and thrive. A leader’s role is to create engagement and belief so that people will act. And there’s no more powerful way to grab attention, be remembered, and engage action than by telling stories—about who you are, what you do, and why you do it. Today, “storytelling” is a hot topic in organizations… but most leaders still struggle to act upon it. How do...

This book provides theoretical and practical backgrounds for the digital creativity management and related Agent-Based Modeling (ABM) results on the basis of a set of realistic assumptions in which several topics such as knowledge network, diversity, individual creativity, team creativity, exploration and exploitation, and organizational creativity are discussed. Until now, there has been no clear-cut methodology by which creativity management can be articulated and materialized into the busines...

This book aims to meet the needs of education and training in modern techniques of innovation and entrepreneurship, and focuses on the detailed presentation of successful business practices. As today's global economic landscape is changing rapidly, the ability of businesses to introduce new products and services to the market faster than their competitors is perhaps their most distinct competitive advantage. This becomes obvious by the significant market share that the most innovative companies...