Sentence examples for firm competitiveness from inspiring English sources

The use of university-industry collaboration in the innovation process is viewed as a major driver of firm competitiveness.

He is also the scientific co-director of the ESCP Europe Chair on "Industrial relations and firm competitiveness".

Current literature on the global commodity chain has focused primarily on economic conditions that help explain manufacture upgrade while giving limited attention to what marketing capabilities support and sustain firm competitiveness through upgrading.

In relation to factors and variables for the clusters conformation the following were emphasized: collaboration with university, firm size, existence of a dedicated R&D department as well as two factors associated with the firm competitiveness: skills at new product development and technology absorption capacity.

For example, a study by Davenport et al. (1998) in New Zealand established improved managerial ability and firm competitiveness as an essential impact of university-industry research collaboration.

The model focuses upon the conditions that support firm competitiveness at the national scale (Figure 1). Figure 1 Porter's Diamond model: determinants of regional productivity.

Although there have been multiple studies of product innovation to enhance firms' competitiveness so that they may adapt to the fiercely competitive environment, most of studies are targeted for large scale firms.

That hurts firms' competitiveness, curbs their growth and thus discourages hiring.

A failure to act swiftly would hamstring UK firms' competitiveness, and even send some to the wall.

They saw Europe's host of related regulations along with a carbon-trading system of limited impact as little more than a burden on firms' competitiveness.

While the potential adverse effects of fossil fuel subsidy reform are well documented for households, the literature has largely ignored the effect of subsidy reform on firms' competitiveness.