... 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Service quality Research and development Human resource management After discussing the review studies, different themes were also identified from the existing literature. Thereafter the content analysis was performed...

...Mehdi Namazi; Madjid Tavana; Emran Mohammadi; Ali Bonyadi Naeini Purpose New business practices and the globalization of markets force firms to take innovation as the fundamental pillar of their competitive strategy. Research and Development (R&D) plays a vital role in innovation...

...He-Boong Kwon; Jooh Lee; Laee Choi Purpose This paper explores the nonlinear interactions of research and development (R&D) and advertising and their synergistic effect on firm performance using Tobin's Q. This study also aims to investigate differential synergy patterns under varying levels...

...Tugrul U. Daim; Terry Oliver; Ibrahim Iskin Purpose The electric utility industry, unlike most other technology‐intensive industries, does not spend much money or effort on research and development. Many utilities do not possess an in‐house R&D facility, nor is there an R&D line item...

... and András   Telcs . Competitiveness in Research and Development: Comparisons and Performance . Edward Elgar Publishing , 2005 . 215 pp. , ISBN: 1843769212   $110 (Hardcover) © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 --> Research and development National innovation systems...

... Performance measures Benchmarking Research and development Quality indicators Quantitative methods The concept of benchmarking is a simple exercise to target and emulate the best. The task involves certain yardsticks to compare one with the other, to arrive at certain comparable measures...