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Exploring survival rates of companies in the UK video-games industry: an empirical study (2016)
Journal Article
Cabras, I., Goumagias, N., Fernandes, K., Cowling, P., Li, F., Kudenko, D., & Nucciarelli, A. (2017). Exploring survival rates of companies in the UK video-games industry: an empirical study. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 117, 305-314. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2016.10.073

The study presented in this paper investigates companies operating in the UK video-game industry with regard to their levels of survivability. Using a unique dataset of companies founded between 2009 and 2014, and combining elements and theories from... Read More about Exploring survival rates of companies in the UK video-games industry: an empirical study.

The impact of organizational culture on Concurrent Engineering, Design-for-Safety, and product safety performance (2016)
Journal Article
Zhu, A., von Zedtwitz, M., Assimakopoulos, D., & Fernandes, K. (2016). The impact of organizational culture on Concurrent Engineering, Design-for-Safety, and product safety performance. International Journal of Production Economics, 176, 69-81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2016.03.007

This paper empirically extends the research on the relationships between organizational culture, new product development (NPD) practices, and product safety performance (PSP). Using Schein's conceptualization of culture (i.e., underlying assumptions,... Read More about The impact of organizational culture on Concurrent Engineering, Design-for-Safety, and product safety performance.