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Technological innovation, we believe, is increasingly accompanied by a concern with continuous improvement in company performance. This requires constant assessment and, thus, the identification of performance indicators. This assessment is necessary in order to identify the assumptions that underlie a given managerial strategy and possible obstacles in its path.
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Lucertini, M., Telmon, D. (1997). Innovative Behaviour and Complexity in Organized Systems. In: Bertuglia, C.S., Lombardo, S., Nijkamp, P. (eds) Innovative Behaviour in Space and Time. Advances in Spatial Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60720-2_6
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