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What type of firms benefit from specialist equipment suppliers?
What do instrumentation manufacturers supply to the chemical and aerospace industries?
What did Burns and Stalker's (1961) study focus on?
What type of organisational structure is characterised by the absence of formality and hierarchy?
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According to Burns and Stalker's study, which type of organisational structure supports innovation more effectively?
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Who raised objections against Burns and Stalker's argument?
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What is a characteristic of an organic organisation?
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What is the title of the source used in Table 4.3?
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What are the four major groups that innovation factors are classified into?
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What is essential for a firm's competitive success?
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What is the main challenge in measuring innovation process?
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What is the purpose of the framework developed by Adams et al. (2006)?
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What is required for innovation to be successful?
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What does the framework in Table 4.1 provide?
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What is the purpose of Table 4.2?
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Why is it important to understand the innovation management process?
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Which company was considered the most innovative firm in the 1980s and 1990s?
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What was the reason for Pilkington Glass's failure to follow up its technology development?
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What was Apple's struggle in the late 1980s?
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What did Coombs et al. identify in their 1998 study?
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What did Hidalgo and Albors identify in their 2008 study?
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What is necessary due to the diversity of firms and projects?
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What is the nature of innovation management tools and techniques?
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What is illustrated in Table 4.5?
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What is a major contributor to the flow of information into a firm?
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What is a characteristic of innovative firms?
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What is necessary to attract good scientists to a firm?
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What is the result of a climate that invests in technology development one year, then cuts investment the next?
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What is the relationship between R&D investment and a firm's total innovative output?
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What does accepting risks mean in the context of innovation?
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What is a barrier to innovation?
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What can happen when scientists and technologists are fascinated by new technology?
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What fundamental tension exists within virtually all organizations?
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What enables organizations to compete today?
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Why might banks need high levels of efficiency and control?
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What is necessary for companies to be competitive in the future?
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What poses one of the most fundamental problems for management today?
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How do firms try to improve competitiveness while also providing slack for innovation?
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What does Figure 4.1 illustrate?
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Why is the answer to the dilemma of balancing costs and innovation difficult?
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