Since research and development (R&D) is the most critical determinant of the productivity,
growth and competitive advantage of firms, measuring R&D performance has become the …

Manufacturers have been exploring innovative strategies to achieve and sustain their
competitive advantages by facing a new era of intensive global competition. Such a strategy …

This paper presents a new approach of user-oriented design for transforming users'
perception into product elements design. An experimental study on mobile phones is …

Measuring research and development (R&D) performance has become a fundamental
concern for R&D managers and executives in the last decades. As a result, the issue has …

This research aims to explore how manufacturing firms in China have promoted new product
performance through ambidextrous organizational learning. This study investigates the …

Many firms manage the innovation process by using metrics. Yet, whether measurement
supports or hinders innovation continues to be a topic of debate. To shed new light on this …

R&D activities are increasingly costly and risky and, as a consequence, measuring their
performance and contribution to value becomes critical. This paper illustrates a formal model …

Purpose–This paper seeks to endorse the management control system taxonomy by Robert
Simons to explore whether, how and why different approaches to management control are …

Researchers and practitioners have recently paid great attention to research and
development (R&D) performance measurement, although it is acknowledged to be a very …

Purpose The purpose of this study is to propose a model of a value cocreation strategy
(VCS) for analyzing how enterprises adopt innovative, marketing, and design strategies to …