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Openness and Technological Innovationsin Developing Countries:Evidence from Firm-Level Surveys

Almeida, Rita; Fernandes, Ana Margarida - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

This paper examines international technology transfers using firm-level data across 43developing countries. Our findings show that exporting and importing activities are importantchannels for the transfer of technology...

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The Adoption and Diffusion of OrganizationalInnovation: Evidence for the U.S. Economy

Lynch, Lisa M. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

Using a unique longitudinal representative survey of both manufacturing and nonmanufacturingbusinesses in the United States during the 1990s, I examine the incidenceand intensity of organizational innovation and the factors associated with investments inorganizational innovation...

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KNOWLEDGE DIFFUSION UNDER PATENTASYMMETRIC FIRMS

Mukherjee, Arijit; Uday Bhanu Sinha - University <Nottingham> / Department of Economics; … - 2005

We show that if patent protection and trade secrecy generate asymmetricmarket structure, an innovator may prefer patent protection than trade secrecy even ifthe diffusion probability is higher under the former but it increases marketconcentration by preventing some imitators...

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Innovative Firms or Innovative Owners?Determinants of Innovation in Micro,Small, and Medium Enterprises

De Mel, Suresh; McKenzie, David; Woodruff, Christopher - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2009

Innovation is key to technology adoption and creation, and to explaining the vast differencesin productivity across and within countries. Despite the central role of the entrepreneur in theinnovation process, data limitations have restricted standard analysis of the determinants ofinnovation to...

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Business Culture and Entrepreneurship in the Ionian Islands Under British Rule, 1815-1864

Gekas, Sakis - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2005

This paper explores the emergence of a business culture among merchants and entrepreneurs in the Ionian Islands during the period of British rule (1815-1864). New forms of business organisation (the joint-stock company), and novel commercial practices, such as advertising, represent examples of...

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New ventures based on open innovation– an empirical analysis of start-up firms inembedded Linux

Gruber, Marc; Henkel, Joachim - Technische Universität <München> / Technologie-und … - 2004

An important and intriguing aspect of e-entrepreneurship is theformation of new ventures in the domain of open source …, we find thatseveral liabilities that are typically discussed in the entrepreneurship literatureare much less of a … challenge for new ventures in OSS. Our findings haveimplications for the emerging theory on e-entrepreneurship and for …

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Institutional entrepreneurship in constructing alternative paths: a comparison of biotech hybrids

Divito de Paauw, Lori - Manchester Business School - 2009

This paper investigates how firms adapt their innovation strategies to cope with constraints in national institutional environments. It is a comparative case study of Dutch and British dedicated biotechnology firms focusing on a particular type of strategy, the hybrid model. Patterns of skill...

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Theoretische Grundlagen demokratischer Wirtschafts-und Gesellschaftspolitik – Der Beitrag vonWilliam Baumol

Pies, Ingo - Universität <Halle, Saale> / Lehrstuhl für … - 2010

Dieser Aufsatz untersucht die wirtschafts- und unternehmensethischen Arbeiten vonWilliam Baumol und rekonstruiert seine ökonomische Erklärung für die spektakulärenWachstumserfolge westlicher Marktwirtschaften.

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Wirtschaftliches Wachstum durch politische Konstitutionalisierung: Ein ordonomischer Beitrag zur „conceptual history“ der modernen Gesellschaft

Pies, Ingo; Hielscher, Stefan - Universität <Halle, Saale> / Lehrstuhl für … - 2010

Dieser Beitrag skizziert eine „conceptual history“ der modernen Gesellschaft. Er unterscheideteine malthusianische Stagnationsphase und eine postmalthusianische Wachstumsphaseder Weltwirtschaftsgeschichte und entwickelt anhand eines Modells zur Interdependenzwirtschaftlicher und politischer...

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An Investigation into the Management Development Issues Faced byGrowth Oriented Firms in Wales

Packham, Gary A.; Brooksbank, David; Miller, Christopher; … - Welsh Enterprise Institute <Pontypridd> - 2002

Entrepreneurship and small business development has been subject to a considerable amount ofacademic speculation …

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