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- Al-Shalabi, Ammar, et al.
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Outsourcing and organizing of NPD : A Survey of Malaysian industry
- 2007
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Ingår i: Proceedings from EIASM 14th IPDMC. - : European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management (EIASM). ; , s. 12-
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Konferensbidrag (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- Malaysian manufacturing firms are interested in New Product Development (NPD) methods, due to the fact that they are competitive tools for survival. The purpose of the present study is to investigate NPD practices in Malaysia, in particular the outsourcing of NPD and the organizing of NPD. We achieved our objectives by conducting a survey of 72 companies in the automotive, chemical, and electrical industries and analyzing the results. Managers involved in NPD will benefit from the findings presented in this paper. The results indicate that the NPD practices used in Malaysian firms focus more on production cost and manufacturability, whereas the need for increased knowledge receives lower priority.
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- Al Shalabi, Ammar, et al.
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Processes and strategies of NPD : A survey of Malaysian Industry
- 2008
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Ingår i: International Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology. - Toledo, Ohio : Advanced Manufacturing Solutions Co.. - 1524-1548. ; 10:1, s. 91-95
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In recent years, there has been a considerable interest in Malaysian manufacturing firms in New Product Development (NPD) which is considered to be indirectly a booster for the success of a firm. The purpose of the study is to highlight the NPD processes and methods used in Malaysian industry. This paper focuses only on the formal NPD-processes and NPD-strategies. From the available database, it is found that there are 250 confirmed companies from automotive, chemical, and electrical industries, which have R&D facilities; out of which 36% have agreed to participate in the survey, and 29% questionnaires have been used. The results show that the best firms have their R&D and NPD departments either overseas or partially in Malaysia.
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- Altmann, Peter, 1985-, et al.
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Sustained innovativeness and human resource management
- 2011
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Ingår i: Research on Technology, Innovation and Marketing Management 2009-2011. - Halmstad : Högskolan i Halmstad. - 9789197507516 ; , s. 21-35
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Innovation is paramount to success. Over time firms must maintain their ability to innovate in order to maintain their competitive edge. In this paper we explore the role human resource management has in nurturing and enhancing the innovative capability of the firm. To explore HRM activities, functions and processes that enhance or impede innovativeness we conducted a literature review. Following this review, 10 propositions have been made that link HRM to both incremental and radical innovativeness respectively. Our results include suggestions for empirical studies to validate our propositions as well as some managerial implications.
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- Bäck, Maj-Britt, et al.
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External Board Members and Board Roles in Recently Started Firms : a comparative study of manufacturing firms and IT-firms
- 2001
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Ingår i: Corporate governance in SMEs. - Halmstad : Scandinavian Institute for Research in Entrepreneurship. - 9188770141 ; , s. 22-
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Bokkapitel (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- Board roles in recently started firms are a rarely studied topic. A few studies of board roles in small and medium sized firms have been made (Huse and Halvorsen, 1995), and the results of these studies can be used as a framework for this study. One reason for the absence of research in the field is that these firms are often family firms where the board frequently has only a formal role, though they are organised as limited companies. Even though there has been little interest in research on boards of directors in recently started firms, society has shown an increasing interest in the phenomenon. For example, the Swedish National Board for Industrial and Technical Development (NUTEK) did not have one single note on the subject of boards of directors in their information regarding new firms in 1986 while, in 1997, the importance of a functioning board was mentioned various times in the corresponding brochure. In the guidebook which participants receive when taking part in the McKinsey business-plan competition Venture Cup, one of the six chapters discusses the importance of a well-functioning leading group and board of directors. The motivation is that new companies have a better chance to survive and reach the market with its products if it has a well-functioning board.
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- Bäck, Maj-Britt, et al.
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External Board Members and Board Roles in Recently Started Firms
- 2000
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Konferensbidrag (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- Board roles in recently started firms have been of little interest in earlier research. The different context of smaller firms in relation to larger corporations makes the roles of the board different in different size of firms.This study has two purposes. The first purpose is to explore if variables in the context of the firm can explain the existence of external board members in recently started firms and differences between manufacturing firms and IT-firms. The second purpose is to describe how the external board members effect the resource configuration in those firms.
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- Chibba, Aron, et al.
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Effective Information Flow in the Internal Supply Chain : Results from a snowball method to map information flows
- 2009
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Ingår i: Journal of Information & Knowledge Management. - Singapore : World Scientific. - 0219-6492 .- 1793-6926. ; 8:4, s. 331-343
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Information sharing is an important factor for effectiveness within the internal supply chain. In this paper we use a methodology for mapping information flows in an internal supply chain, and case studies in two Swedish multinational organizations. Eight retrospective cases were used to map, describe and analyze the information flow that supports the physical material flow from the receipt of an order to point of delivery. Every involved person was interviewed on at least one occasion each. The interviews were conducted to map and describe the information and physical material flow. The aim was to identify factors that could improve and rationalise information flows and generate a better flow within the organization.The study shows the importance of an integrated information system, but also clearly indicates the importance of a collaborative culture and an awareness of the human-technology interface. The study also shows that three factors of interface distortions are most frequent in the cases: (1) changes registered in the database trigger no action among the staff, (2) new knowledge to staff is stored only orally and not in the database, and (3) interface between the paper system and the database, and between the old and the new information storage culture.
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- Chibba, Aron, 1968-, et al.
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Förbättring av produktinnovationsprocesser inom ramen för TQM
- 2001
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Ingår i: Forskningssamverkan och nya former av kunskapsbildning. - Halmstad : Högskolan i Halmstad. - 9163125072 ; , s. 249-258
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Konferensbidrag (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- Forskning inom management och organisation indikerar att innovativa företag är dubbelt så lönsamma som andra företag (Tidd et. al., 1997). Innovationsverksamhet är riskabel och svår att organisera, men sedan 1980-talet har ett flertal modeller presenterats för att organisera innovationsverksamhet. Forskningen inom detta område benämns ibland Innovation management. TQM-konceptet är en managementfilosofi för att förbättra den operationella kvaliten i ett företag och som baseras på de anställdas deltagande, ständiga förbättringar och kundtillfredsställelse.I denna artikel kommer vi att försöka skapa grunden till en kombinerad modell för TQM och innovationsledning som drar nytta av de båda filosofiernas respektive styrkor. Vi kommer också att diskutera hur modellen kan användas och vidareutvecklas av små och medelstora företag i samarbete med högskolan.
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- Chibba, Aron, et al.
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Mapping flows - An analysis of the information flows within the integrated supply chain
- 2004
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Ingår i: Challenging boundaries with logistics. - : NOFOMA. - 9173739855 ; , s. 18-
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Bokkapitel (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- Information sharing is an important factor for cooperating within an integrated supply chain. This paper presents a methodology for mapping information flows in an integrated supply chain and a case study, using the mapping methodology, from two Swedish multinational organizations. Eight cases where used in a retro perspective way to map, describe and analyze the information flow, which supports the physical material flow, from receiving an order to the point of delivery. This paper also describes two types of information flows: Direct information and indirect information. The case study presented in this paper focus on the direct information. The present study indicates the importance of an integrated, updated and smoothly operating information system. The complexity and the performance of the information flow and the physical material flow within each case where also analyzed from three main perspectives: 1) the right information, 2) at the right time, 3) to the right place. Over 30 semi-structured interviews have been made to map and describe the information and physical material flow. Key personnel involved in the process from order to point of delivery where interviewed. One conclusion of the study is that three types of disturbances was domination the cases: 1) Procedures to handle changes in an order from a customer, 2) lack of information within the internal supply chain, and 3) Procedures to handle information about delays in internal production or wrong material delivered.
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