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In a former blog entry I presented key results of the study “Technologische Kompetenz und nachhaltiger Wettbewerbsvorteil” (“Technology Competence and Sustained Competitive Advantages”, available only in German) published by the Institute of Technology and Process Management at Ulm University in March 2012. Of a total of 175 German companies – mostly from the mechanical engineering, automobile and metalworking sectors – which participated in the study, 12 out of 114 SMEs (11%) and 5 out of 61 larger companies (8%) belong to the benchmark group. Weiterlesen →

[Deutsche Fassung]

Will innovation create sustainable, long-term competitive advantages? Is there a positive connection between successful innovation (with regard to either products or procedures) and corporate success? The answer to both questions is clearly “yes”. That is the ultimate result of a study on “Technologische Kompetenz und nachhaltiger Wettbewerbsvorteil” (“Technology Competence and Sustained Competitive Advantages”, available only in German) published by the Institute of Technology and Process Management at Ulm University in March 2012. Prof. Dr. Leo Brecht, the director of the institute, says that the study aims to show how technology competence can boost competitiveness, in what way well-performing technology-oriented SMEs differ from their less well-performing counterparts and what the differences between SMEs and larger companies are. 175 companies from all German regions participated in the study. Most of them belong to the mechanical engineering, automobile and metalworking sectors. Weiterlesen →