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Challenges of the implementation of research, development, and innovation standards: a case study from a glass bottle manufacturer
Publication . Moreira, Antonio; Evangelista, Alexandra Goreti Figueira; Jamil, G.; Ferreira, I.; Pinto, M.; Xavier, A.; Pessoa, C.
This chapter analyzes the challenges faced by a glass bottle manufacturer when incorporating the research, development, and innovation (RDI) standards into the firm’s integrated management systems.
Based on a case study, this chapter explores how the firm managed to incorporate the new standards into the already set of integrated management system based on the ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and OHSAS 18001 standards that the firm has managed to internalize in its continuous improvement process. In order to incorporate this new RDI management system, the firm developed a set of three procedures that involve an ideas management and opportunity evaluation procedure, a production knowledge interface management procedure, and an RDI project management system. These three procedures are now internalized as part of the integrated management system.
Internationalization in business-to-business markets: the importance of new product development
Publication . Moreira, Antonio; Silva, Pedro Miguel Freitas da; Carvalho, Luísa Margarida Cagica
The internationalization of firms is a growing important phenomenon in the Economy. Thus, to face the new competitive challenges of globalized markets, industrial small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) need to implement new organizational approaches to take on new challenges in international markets.
Based on a case study, this chapter reviews the literature on internationalization theories. Drawing on the network-based approach and on the resource-based view of the firm, we examine how collaborative new product development processes played a fundamental role in the internationalization process of a SME using a relationship-based perspective. The featured case concerns to a successful ex-small technical textile firm that leveraged its competitive strategy, climbed up the value chain, and extended its international activities following a technology-based path.
Entrepreneurship and national culture: how cultural differences among countries explain entrepreneurial activity
Publication . Dantas, José Guilherme Leitão; Moreira, Antonio; Valente, Fernando Manuel; Carvalho, Luísa Margarida Cagica
The direct relationship between national cultural practice and entrepreneurship activities is analyzed in this chapter, based on the analysis of 44 countries. Datasets from 2012 and 2013 Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) report are used to characterize three types of entrepreneurship: early-stage entrepreneurial activity (TEA); necessity-driven entrepreneurship (NDE) and opportunity-driven (ODE) entrepreneurship.
Data sets on national cultural values are used to analyze five dimensions of Hofstede’s work on cultural values (power distance, individualism/collectivism, masculinity/femininity, long/short
term orientation, and uncertainty avoidance). For that, the authors use the Values Survey Module 2013, which has been adapted from Hofstede’s previous work from 2010 and 2008. The main conclusion is that the three types of entrepreneurship analyzed in this chapter are differently explained by the cultural and expanded models. If the country of origin and the type of economy are useful to explain TEA, they are of no added value to explain necessity-driven or opportunity-driven entrepreneurship.
Electronic government: challenges for public services consumer behaviour and value creation
Publication . Moreira, Antonio; Zimmermann, Ricardo Augusto; Kaufmann, H. R.
National culture, societal values, and type of economy: are they relevant to explain entrepreneurial activity?
Publication . Dantas, José Guilherme Leitão; Moreira, Antonio; Valente, Fernando Manuel; Carvalho, Luísa Margarida Cagica
We analyze the relationship between cultural values, societal values and the type of the economy with necessity-driven, opportunity-driven and improvement-driven entrepreneurship. We take into account GEM’s data from 56 countries. These reports are also used to characterize the three types of entrepreneurship, the societal values and the type of economy. We approach national culture through the five dimensions of Hofstede’s work on cultural values using the Values Survey Module 2013 (based on Hofstede’s work). Cultural values marginally explain necessity-driven and opportunity-driven entrepreneurship.
In turn, societal values only explain improvement-driven entrepreneurship. Finally, the type of
economy is important in explaining necessity-driven and opportunity-driven entrepreneurship, however it is of no added value in explaining improvement-driven opportunity. One needs to be cautious when drawing general conclusions as we believe that societal values are failing to capture differences among the types of entrepreneurship analyzed.