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Innovation in Cities: Science-Based Diversity, Specialization and Localized Competition

Audretsch, David B; Feldman, Maryann P - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

effect of the composition of economic activity on innovation. We test whether the specialization of economic activity within … together complementary activities, better promotes innovation. The evidence provides considerable support for the diversity …

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Agglomeration and the Location of Innovative Activity

Audretsch, David B - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

Only a few years ago the conventional wisdom predicted that globalization would render the demise of the region as a meaningful unit of economic analysis. Yet the obsession of policy-makers around the globe to 'create the next Silicon Valley' reveals the increased importance of geographic...

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R&D Cooperation and Spillovers: Some Empirical Evidence

Cassiman, Bruno; Veugelers, Reinhilde - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999

information for the innovation process of the firm. Appropriability is defined as the effectiveness of several protection …

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Asymmetric Information, Agency Costs and Innovative Entry

Audretsch, David B - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994

the value of their potential innovation in industries characterized by a greater degree of knowledge asymmetries. Based on …

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Innovative Clusters and the Industry Life Cycle

Audretsch, David B; Feldman, Maryann P - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995

The purpose of this paper is to link the propensity for innovative activity to cluster spatially to the stage of the industry life cycle. The theory of knowledge spillovers, based on the knowledge production function for innovative activity, suggests that geographic proximity matters most in...

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Small Firms and R&D Spillovers: Evidence from Italy

Audretsch, David B; Vivarelli, Marco - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994

more important for small-firm innovation than for their larger counterparts. …

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The Innovation, Unemployment and Competitiveness Challenge in Germany

Audretsch, David B - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995

international competitiveness - to a lack of innovative activity. In Germany the Innovationskrise (innovation crisis) combines with …

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Complementarity in the Innovation Strategy: Internal R&D, External Technology Acquisition and Cooperation

Cassiman, Bruno; Veugelers, Reinhilde - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

Successful innovation depends on the development and integration of new knowledge in the innovation process. In order … to innovate successfully, the firm will combine different innovation activities. In addition to doing own research and … innovation activities. Using data from the Community Innovation Survey on Belgian manufacturing firms, we show that firms that …

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Green innovations and organisational change: making better use of environmental technology

Hottenrott, Hanna; Rexhäuser, Sascha; Veugelers, Reinhilde - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

The literature on within-firm organizational change and productivity suggests that firms can make more efficient use of certain technologies if complementary forms of organization are adopted. This issue may be of even greater importance for the case of greenhouse gas (GHG) abatement...

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How and Why Does Knowledge Spill Over? The Case of Biotechnology

Audretsch, David B; Stephan, Paula E - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

This paper sheds light on the questions, Why does knowledge spill over? and How does knowledge spill over? The answer to these questions lies in the incentives confronting scientists to appropriate the expected value of their knowledge considered in the context of their path-dependent career...

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