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Business Strategies in Innovative and Non-innovative Firms in Canada

Johnson, Joanne; Baldwin, John R. - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 1995

This study investigates differences in the policies being pursued by innovative and non-innovative firms. It focuses on a broad group of strategies -- in marketing, finance, production, management and human resources and asks whether there are key areas in which the strategies being followed by...

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Innovation Capabilities: The Knowledge Capital Behind the Survival and Growth of Firms

Baldwin, John R.; Gellatly, Guy - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2006

This paper summarizes the findings of a research program aimed at outlining the importance to the firm growth process of competencies that arise from investments in intangible assets. The program has consisted of two parts. First, longitudinal databases have provided a rich set of studies on...

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Managerial ownership, entrenchment and innovation

Beyer, Mila; Czarnitzki, Dirk; Kraft, Kornelius - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011

as reduced remuneration and job loss. However, managers might over-invest into innovation for reasons of growth implying … their own interests. When entrenched, managers do not fear detrimental effects of risky innovation projects on their career …, and hence tend to over-invest into innovation. …

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Entrepreneurs from low-skilled immigrant groups in knowledge-intensive industries - company characteristics, survival and innovative performance

Mueller, Elisabeth - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011

. Immigrant entrepreneurs are less than half as likely to found a company in a knowledge-intensive industry as native … entrepreneurs in knowledge-intensive industries can be explained by lower education levels, while smaller firm sizes suggest more …

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The impact of brand use on innovation performance: Empirical results for Germany

Crass, Dirk - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014

The market launch of product innovations is the most visible output of a firm's investment in innovation activities. To … achieve this objective most efficiently, firms strengthen their technological capabilities, acquire external knowledge in a … number of different ways, and optimize their innovation process. The success of a firm's innovation strategy has two …

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Does the mobility of R&D labor increase innovation?

Kaiser, Ulrich; Kongsted, Hans Christian; Rønde, Thomas - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014

-level support for the notion that labor mobility stimulates overall innovation of a country or region due to knowledge transfer. …

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Do trademarks diminish the substitutability of products in innovative knowledge-intensive services?

Crass, Dirk; Schwiebacher, Franz - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013

characteristic for their competitive environment. This is particularly the case for knowledge-intensive service providers, product …

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Sources of spillovers for imitation and innovation

Cappelli, Riccardo; Czarnitzki, Dirk; Kraft, Kornelius - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013

market (innovation). It turns out that spillovers from rivals lead to more imitation, while inputs from customers and … research institutions enhance original innovation. …

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L'utilisation de la technologie, la formation et les connaissances specifiques dans les etablissements de fabrication

Johnson, Joanne; Baldwin, John R.; Gray, Tara - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 1995

La presente etude traite des facteurs qui influent sur la decision de l'entreprise de former le personnel a la lumiere des donnees de plusieurs enquetes recentes de Statistique Canada, qui portaient sur l'utilisation des technologies de pointe dans les entreprises de fabrication canadiennes....

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Entreprises, industries et assurance-chomage : une analyse des donnees sur les employeurs et les employes recueillies au Canada

Chen, Wen-Hao; Corak, Miles - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2005

L'analyse de donnees administratives devenues disponibles recemment dans un certain nombre de pays a mene a la conclusion qu'une etude minutieuse de l'interaction entre les caracteristiques de l'employeur et celles des employes est necessaire pour bien interpreter les resultats observes sur le...

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