This paper extends the existing literature on strategic R&D alliances by presenting a model of innovation networks with … intensity of cooperation and innovation. Within different knowledge regimes, we examine the structure of networks that emerge …

rates and radicalness. This research introduces and develops the new staged competition innovation theory which builds on … the well-understood diffusion of innovation theory and the Technology-Organisation-Environment framework to explain how … innovation activity. The new theory comprises three principles that demonstrate how a well-designed staged competition provides …

of enhanced entrepreneurial innovation. To this end, a literature review was carried out in order to develop a research … framework with factors related to imitation predicting entrepreneurial innovation. Moreover, managerial skills and … entrepreneurial skills were incorporated as predictors of entrepreneurial innovation. In this respect, a structured questionnaire was …

Skilled labor is a key input to the innovation process. A shortage in supply of skilled labor may hence impede … innovation activities, resulting in lower productivity gains. While governments are concerned about these likely negative impacts …, there is only limited empirical evidence whether and to what extent labor shortage affects innovation activities. The paper …

development of the producers is a direct consequence of the association of a number of factors such as innovation and technology …

This papers analyses how horizontal mergers affect innovation activities of the merged entity and its non … predicts that a merger is more likely to be profitable in an innovation intensive industry. For a high degree of firm … heterogeneity a merger reduces innovation in both the merged entity and in non-merging competitors in an industry with high R …