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The Impact of Technological and Non-Technological Innovations on Firm Growth
Ali-Yrkkö, Jyrki; Martikainen, Olli - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2008
This study investigates the relationship between innovations and firm growth, based on the data of Finnish firms operating in the software industry. We find that in terms of turnover and employment, firms with only technological innovations do not grow more rapidly than other firms. However,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566055
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When Does Distributed Innovation Activity Make Sense? Location, Decentralization, and Innovation Success
Leiponen, Aija; Helfat, Constance E. - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2006
Companies face an expanding set of choices about where to locate their innovation activity, both within their home … of innovation activity : almost by definition, multiple locations per firm imply some degree of decentralization. Using … firm-level data on innovation output and the location of research and development (R&D) activity, we shed new light on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005818449
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Determinants of Manufacturing-R&D Co-location
Ketokivi, Mikko; Ali-Yrkkö, Jyrki - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2007
The phenomenon of physical R&D-manufacturing co-location is interesting, because researchers have made very different observations regarding its prevalence. In some populations co-location of the two functions seems to be the norm; in others, an exception. However, we still do not have an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005749317
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Habakkuk revisited: A history friendly model of "American and British technology in the nineteenth century"
Fontana, Roberto; Guerzoni, Marco; Nuvolari, Alessandro - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
-dynamics that gave rise to different patterns of innovation in the two countries. In particular, we suggest that different demand …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005090507
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The effects of knowledge management on innovative success - an empirical analysis of German firms
Cantner, Uwe; Joel, Kristin; Schmidt, Tobias - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
The aim of this paper is to analyse the effects of knowledge management on the innovation success of firms in Germany …. Using a matching procedure on data from the German Innovation Survey of 2003 ("Mannheim Innovation Panel"), we pair firms … management on the share of cost reductions with process innovation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004980453
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The global entrepreneurship index (GEINDEX)
Ács, Zoltán J.; Szerb, László - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
drive innovation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005032006
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The contribution of economic evaluation to decision-making in early phases of product development: a methodological and empirical review
Hartz, Susanne; John, Jürgen - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Background: Economic evaluation as an integral part of health technology assessment is today mostly applied to established technologies. Evaluating health care innovations in their early states of development has recently attracted attention. However, while it offers a number of benefits, it...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005090506
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Impact of R&D on Productivity - Firm-level Evidence from Finland
Ali-Yrkkö, Jyrki; Maliranta, Mika - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2006
This study analyses how R&D expenditure impacts the productivity of companies. We analyse the productivity impact of R&D using a large panel dataset of Finnish firms over a nine-year period from 1996 to 2004. Our results are two-fold. In the short run (in 1-2 years) we find no statistically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005818358
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A case for non-globalization? The organisation of r&d in the wireless telecommunications industry
Di Minin, Alberto; Palmberg, Christopher - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2006
The offshoring of manufacturing has been the most visible ingredient of economic globalization in recent years. However, the rapid change in the global division of manufacturing has overshadowed another and perhaps even more significant phenomena namely the internationalization of the R&D and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005749357
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Public Funding of R&D and Growth: Firm-level Evidence from Finland
Piekkola, Hannu - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700383