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Showing 1 to 20 of 52 for “"Process innovation"”.
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Improving response to systematic process innovation in manufacturing
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1991.
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Building technical process innovation capability: An intra-organisational perspective
… is concerned with the strategic management of process innovations. It explores and describes in what way the technical process innovation capability is built and maintained by R&D and production departments at a world leading motor vehicle manufacturer. It is widely accepted that new or …
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The evolution of radiology through product and process innovation
… have long observed patterns of successful innovation that contribute to the pace, direction, and progress of many industries. This thesis explores the evolution of radiology through product and process innovation. Special attention is given to the role of labor and equipment specialization …
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Biosimilars: A New Look on Process Innovation and the Impact of Competitive Dynamics
… may be viewed as a “pure” or distinct type of process innovation completely separate from product innovation due to the Regulatory requirements and this novel phenomenon allows, perhaps for the first time, process innovation to be studied independently from product innovation. This phenomenon …
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Process Innovation by working miners : a case of user innovation in copper mining industry
Employees are known to develop and use key process improvements. In this thesis, I explore innovation by mining employees working in Codelco, a Chilean mining company. The data on these innovations come from a contest sponsored by mine management at the Andina division of Codelco. This contest …
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Reengineering best value source selection through process innovation and the selected application of information technology
… is to analyze the Best Value Source Selection process, identify process pathologies, and explore opportunities to dramatically improve performance utilizing information technology as an enabler of that innovation. The Davenport Process Innovation Framework is used to analyze the Best Value …
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Process Innovation in Colombia: Engaging Front-Line Employees in a High Power Distance National Culture
… have shown that hierarchy is not conducive to innovation. Other scholars focus on the importance of innovation in strengthening firms and national economies. Both findings correlate strongly with my extensive practitioner experience in a Central American nation that demonstrates high levels of …
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The critical role of manufacturing-process innovation on product development excellence in high-technology companies
… of high-technology companies view manufacturing-process development as primary source of competitive advantage. For the last two decades trends have shown an increasing number of high-tech industries outsourcing manufacturing completely to third-party contractors or joint-venture partners. In …
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The Impact of Talent Management on Process Innovation Implementation in The Upstream Oil and Gas Sector
… is highly competitive and rapidly evolving. Process innovation implementation plays an important role in the success and sustainability of organizations in the oil and gas industries. The successful implementation of process innovation is contingent upon effective talent management practices. …
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An Investigation of the Effects of Intellectual Capital on Innovations in the Egyptian Banks: The Mediating Role of Organisational Capital
… and customer capital on the different types of innovations via organisational capital in the service sector. It also examines the interaction among the different types of innovations including product, process and organisational innovations and tests the role of human capital, social capital and …
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The impact of servant leadership on innovation in small and medium enterprises in Egypt: the mediating role of knowledge sharing
… many types of leadership styles which can affect innovation. However, this study focused on servant leadership, where the purpose of this study was to examine the role of servant leadership on innovation through the mediating role of knowledge sharing in small and medium enterprises in Gamsah and …
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Heterogeneous Technological Changes and Their Impacts on Income Inequality and Productivity Growth
… industries with proportionally more product innovation relative to process innovation tend to pay higher skill premia, as measured by the wages of college educated workers relative to those of high school graduates. To further understand this observation, I develop a dynamic general …
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Essays in Innovation, Automation, and Growth
… essays on the impact of technological change, innovation and automation on growth and labor market outcomes. In the first chapter, I explore how dominant companies in concentrated sectors have siphoned off inventors that might have been employed more productively in competitive industries. For …
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Application of critical chain principles to improve microprocessor technology ramps
Across Intel's microprocessor production there exists high variability on new technology process tools meeting standard, installation and qualification (I/Q) schedule durations. To reduce project schedule variability and increase time to money, Intel has begun examining critical chain management …
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The role of strategy in the innovation process: A stage approach.
Organizational innovation has been of central interest in recent years because of its importance for organizational survival and competitive advantage. Researchers in the field have divided the innovation process into stages in an attempt to understand the innovation process and the factors that …
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Essays on the economics of migration and labour: Empirical evidence from the UK
… heterogeneous firms may adjust their product and process innovation activities in response to local labour supply shocks such as immigration inflows. Chapter 3 estimates the causal effect of technological exposure on UK local labour markets while providing suggestive evidence on the role of …
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Enabling sample tracking in and reducing variability in DNA library construction
… by taking advantage of economies of scale, rapid process innovation, and new process implementation. Strong execution has made The Broad Institute the lowest cost and highest quality sequencing operation in the country. As biological science evolves, The Broad Institute will focus on low-volume, …
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Innovating the standard procurement process
The Davenport Process Innovation Framework is used to analyze the standard procurement process for innovation. Constrained resources and rapid advancements in Information Technology have caused DoD to seek high levels of improvement in key processes, such as procurement, because of the high costs …
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Evaluation of drying technologies for storage and shipment of recombinant protein drug substance
… upon success at this stage of the manufacturing process. While cryopreservation technologies are widely in use today, they may become prohibitively expensive in the future due to increasing product volumes and high operational costs.This thesis presents an evaluation of drying technologies as an …
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Exploring the comparative effects of societal syndromes on knowledge discovery in new product-process development : contrasting Anglo-Western society and Han-Chinese society
… marketers must learn how to match product and process transformation requirements to localised cultural predispositions, as not all cultures are equally disposed towards novel innovation or improving existing technologies. In this thesis, the original unification of prior histological …
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