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    Enhancing SMEs' capability: opportunities in supply chain relationships? (2003)
    Bradford : Emerald
    Journal of small business & enterprise development 10 (2003), S. 167-179 
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    ISSN: 1462-6004
    Source: Emerald Fulltext Archive Database 1994-2005
    Topics: Economics
    Notes: Studies of entrepreneurial learning have shown a preference for learning from the business context and business relationships. Within this business context, larger organisations are focusing on their supply chains as a significant source of strategic advantage, impacting on the competences required by SMEs to meet expectations. Uses a supply chain competence map to investigate the level to which 39 manufacturing SMEs demonstrate the competences expected by suppliers. The research sample showed a high degree of external and supply chain orientation. Highlight the fact that, given the right support and a willingness to engage with the external business environment, supply chains offer an alternative development opportunity for SMEs. Moreover, it is a learning model that suits their preferred learning style. What is not clear is whether the customer organisations are willing, or able, to support that learning.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/14626000310473193
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  • 2
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    Re-conceptualising learning spaces: developing capabilities in a high-tech small firm (2003)
    Bradford : Emerald
    The @journal of workplace learning 15 (2003), S. 259-270 
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    ISSN: 1366-5626
    Source: Emerald Fulltext Archive Database 1994-2005
    Topics: Economics
    Notes: Examines the process of managerial learning in a relatively remote rural small-sized firm. Relational competences and organisational innovation are key to the capture, employment and creation of knowledge and learning within the firm. The case study organisation has created a virtual cluster of innovation, through their supply network, that reaches well beyond the traditional regional institutional support mechanisms. Through this network of relationships, they have enhanced their own learning, facilitated the learning of supplier firms and integrated knowledge to create opportunities for product innovation and development. The paper concludes that these learning experiences indicate policy implications for the support of learning in small firms. To overcome failings in traditional support systems, policy should be directed at the development and maintenance of learning networks. This informal and organisational specific approach to learning and development overcomes some of the barriers to managerial learning in SMEs, and is a method that will address the specific business needs of small firms.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/13665620310488557
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    The implementation and use of e-learning in the corporate university (2005)
    Bradford : Emerald
    The @journal of workplace learning 17 (2005), S. 33-48 
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    ISSN: 1366-5626
    Source: Emerald Fulltext Archive Database 1994-2005
    Topics: Economics
    Notes: Purpose - The use of e-learning in corporate universities enables access and broadens the curriculum. This paper assesses the use and implementation of e-learning through case material, and explores some of the challenges and emerging concerns. Design/methodology/approach - The paper reviews the corporate university concept and considers how an e-learning pedagogy might contribute to its success. Three case reviews of e-learning adoption within corporate universities in the UK are included. Findings - The paper argues that if corporate universities do not incorporate both the pedagogical and learner preferences perspectives into their use of e-learning, this will seriously devalue the training experience. It concludes that the advantages of an online pedagogy are not fully exploited due to limitations in technology and other strategic priorities. In addition, a number of lessons have been learned by the pioneers of corporate e-learning, including the evolutionary nature of the programmes and the need to create "organisational readiness". Research limitations/implications - Further research into the views of learners in this debate is necessary. Originality/value - Provides evidence of the potential of e-learning as a key learning and development strategy within corporate universities.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/13665620510574441
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    Evolution or revolution? Dynamic capabilities in a knowledge-dependent firm (2004)
    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing
    R & D management 34 (2004), S. 0 
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    ISSN: 1467-9310
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Economics
    Notes: In this paper we examine the technological and organizational innovations which have facilitated rapid growth in a small firm. Evidence from the case suggests that the relational elements of inter-firm transactions provide entrepreneurs with the opportunity to expand their organizational capabilities. The importance of business networks is that they have resources which can supplement internal skills and knowledge. The two owner-directors of RWL have been instrumental in building relationships with suppliers and customers which have benefited all parties. In doing so, they have renewed their own firm's dynamic capabilities by creating a structure and associated routines that focus on opportunity recognition and exploitation. These new capabilities are based on a recognition that competitive advantage can be created by acting as a knowledge-integrator. In that sense, RWL is a knowledge-dependent firm because there is no emphasis on the acquisition of intellectual property rights nor even an attempt to retain knowledge in-house. In pursuing this strategy to achieve growth, the directors have resolved a number of concurrent crises that suggests it is necessary to revisit traditional linear models of firm growth (Greiner, 1972; Churchill and Lewis, 1983).
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9310.2004.00331.x
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    E-learning in the corporate university (2005)
    Bingley : Emerald
    Journal of European industrial training 29 (2005), S. 75-90 
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    ISSN: 0309-0590
    Source: Emerald Fulltext Archive Database 1994-2005
    Topics: Economics
    Notes: Purpose - To explore the development of e-learning within the context of corporate universities with the aim of informing the debate on e-learning and establishing key areas of concern for emerging corporate universities. Design/methodology/approach - Three case reviews of large leading edge organizations in different sectors. Findings - Whilst e-learning has potential, its success is significantly limited by context which influences the degree of sophistication and integration of e-learning and its ability to contribute to the corporate university learning processes and outcomes. Research limitations/implications - Further research is required on both the learner experience and in the wider evaluation of learning outcomes beyond simple statistical evaluation of participation. Practical implications - Key areas of difficulty are identified as: the focus on generic e-learning solutions; the barrier imposed by the base technology level of the organization; the overriding concern for ROI at the expense of learner experiences; and the extent to which pedagogical possibilities are not fully exploited. Originality/value - Raises the often overlooked issues of pedagogy and learner response to e-learning as inhibitors to the contribution that e-learning can make to the corporate university.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/03090590510576226
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