... 2016 Technology management Business performance New firms experience high mortality rates, and few survive their early years (Dunne et al., 1988 ; Audretsch, 1995). The five-year survival rate of European firms founded in 2005 and still active in 2010 shows that only 46.4...

...Stuart Orr; Amrik S. Sohal Based on interviews conducted with senior managers of four German multinationals, discusses issues of technology management in the context of global manufacturing. An overview of the four companies and their competitive priorities is first presented. Then discusses...