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In our contribution we are describing methodological issues of innovation process in terms of information processing. It is the "meta-innovation methodology”. The quality of input information and their processing is a general prerequisite for effective innovation activities. The ability of...
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An innovative firm chooses strategically whether to patent its process innovation or rely on secrecy. By doing so, the … an innovative firm with unknown costs and probabilistic patent validity. Increasing the number of firms (degree of … a smaller (greater) patenting incentive if patent protection is weak (strong). -- Bertrand and Cournot competition …
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Knowledge-sharing strategies are used across the industry as open innovation and distributed collaboration are becoming more popular to achieve technological competencies, faster time-to-market, competitiveness and growth. Sharing of knowledge can provide benefits to manufacturing and new...
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This paper builds upon the theoretical framework developed by Zahra and George [Absorptive capacity: a review, reconceptualization, and extension. Academy of Management Review 2002;27:185-203] to empirically explore the antecedents of potential absorptive capacity (PAC), i.e. the ability to identify...
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Lacking payment systems become a bottleneck for the vision of the Information Economy. In many cases payments of fractions of a cent, so-called micropayments, are of particular interest. In this paper we propose a framework to evaluate payment systems. The framework consists of a well structured...
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The O-Ring theory provides a framework for analyzing the effects of team production on the emergence of firms in the … behalf of a profit-maximizing residual claimant. -- New Economy ; O-Ring theory ; ability matching ; partnership firms …
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