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This paper analyses the effects of innovation networks on product and process innovation and sales growth of high … technology SMEs. Innovation net- works are positively related to both product and process innovation, i.e. knowledge creation …. One exception is the negative effect of innovation networks with suppliers on product innovation. Older SMEs are more …
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A new model of economic growth introduces the knowledge filter between new knowledge and economically useful knowledge. It identifies both new ventures and incumbent firms as the mechanisms that penetrate the knowledge filter. Recent empirical work has shown that new firms are more proficient at...
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Innovation processes are characterized by a pronounced division of labor between actors. Two types of externality may … innovation (MAR externalities). On the other hand, new ideas may be born by the exchange of heterogeneous and complementary …
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We assess the efficiency of regional innovation systems (RIS) in Germany by means of a knowledge production function … the efficiency of its innovation system is inversely u-shaped. Regions dominated by large establishments tend to be less …
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We analyze the regional distribution and the effect of people in creative occupations based on data for more than 450 regions in eight European countries. The geographic distribution of the creative class is highly uneven. The creative class is not attracted to highly urbanized regions per se,...
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We experimentally investigate competition in innovation in a patent race scenario. Pairs of subjects compete as seller … firms on a duopoly market, engaging in risky search investments. Successful innovation is rewarded through temporary …
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answer the question: What is the contribution of entrepreneurs to (i) employment generation and dynamics, (ii) innovation …
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on demand and innovation, theory still lacks a comprehensive analytical formulation. This paper proposes a model where …
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catchers, Sethu developed an innovative new trap. His innovation won the prestigious Global Development Marketplace award from …
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We explore if the Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship, applied to FDI, provides at least a partial explanation for the greater emergence of recent knowledge-based entrepreneurship in Ireland compared with Wales. In order to examine how FDI and entrepreneurship policy in these two...
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