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The global strategies of high-tech startups fall into two types. One is characteristic of knowledge-based firms; the other is characteristic of knowledge-intensive firms. We present two propositions related to timing of globalization and resource acquisition for each type and examine four case studies from the region around Cambridge University in the UK. Knowledge-based startups target global markets...
Many companies have development sites around the globe. This inevitably means that development work may be transferred between the sites. This paper defines a classification of software transfer types, it divides transfers into three main types: full, partial and gradual transfers to describe the context of a transfer. The differences between transfer types, and hence the need for a classification,...
Globalization has significantly changed the way the market operates today. In particular, it motivated many software companies expand through acquisitions and utilize skillful resources regardless of their location around the globe. Global software engineering endeavors have been widely explored in the research literature for the past decade and associated with many challenges caused by geographic,...
Over the past few years, analysis of successful manufacturing and retail companies shows that in today's hyper-competitive business environment, supply chain efficiency is a necessary condition for survival. Falling margins, globalization, and accelerating innovation cycles are forcing businesses to switch from traditional supply chains to new pattern of supply chain which needs to respond to their...
With the globalization and integration of world economy, the forwarders and service providers in logistics industry face more and more challenges to collaborate and cooperate together to optimize the shipment plan and minimize the logistics cost. Building a logistics service platform for the whole logistics industry becomes an urgent task. This paper analyzes the development of logistics platform...
With the economics and society globalization, international university-industry collaboration (which happens cross boundaries) is emerging, which is distinguish from the university network and from the usual university-industry collaboration in one country. Integrating open innovation, R&D globalization, national innovation system, and university-industry knowledge transfer, the study examines...
Today's market is characterized by high levels of uncertainty and turbulence. Outsourcing and globalization have created longer and more complex supply chains, which are more vulnerable to business disruptions. Thus it is critical for firms to enhance supply chain disruption mitigation capabilities. This research investigates the impact of supply chain collaboration on disruption mitigation capability...
Software development is becoming more and more complex. Traditionally and to date, the software development process rather corresponds to job-shop manufacturing. Therefore, the ever growing demands for different kinds of software as well as the ongoing globalization require more efficient development processes. Both scientific literature and practical experience hence postulate a necessary industrialization...
Since the changing business environment due to globalization, conventional process of new product development (NPD) is no more sufficient for an enterprise to ensure its original market competitiveness. Traditional strategy of NPD, which largely depends on inventory levels and market analysis, may results in ignoring factors in a supply chain. In particular, members of the business alliance require...
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