Similar Search Results

Acquisitions of Start-ups by Incumbent Businesses A market selection process of “high-quality” entrants?

Andersson, Martin; Xiao, Jing - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2014

We analyze the frequency and nature by which new firms are acquired by established businesses. Acquisitions are often considered to reflect a technology transfer process and to also constitute one way in which a “symbiosis” between new technology-based firms (NTBFs) and established...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945043

The Case of the Bothnian Arc (Finland-Sweden) – Regions and Innovation: Collaborating Across Borders

Nauwelaers, Claire; Maguire, Karen; Marsan, Giulia Ajmone - Public Governance and Territorial Development … - 2013

the Bothnian Arc have shown a remarkable vitality, notably Oulu (Finland), driven by an innovation ecosystem that builds … Facebook data centre. The area is looking to go beyond ad hoc projects for a more strategic approach to innovation …-driven collaboration to be the dynamic hub of the north. This case study is part of the project <i>Regions and Innovation: Collaborating …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277074

R&D and financial systems: the determinants of R&D expenditures in the Swedish pharmaceutical industry

Malmberg, Claes - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2008

This study investigates the determinants of R&D expenditures in the Swedish pharmaceutical industry from the 1960s to the mid 1990s. Various proxies for the rate of return of R&D (e.g. expected profit, sales and R&D productivity) as well as the availability of internal funding (proxied by past...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005077278

Multiple Paths of Development: Knowledge Bases and Institutional Characteristics of the Swedish Food Sector

Zukauskaite, Elena; Moodysson, Jerker - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2013

, focusing on the relation between institutions and innovation practices and taking into account the diversity of actors …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818687

R&D and financial systems: the determinants of R&Dexpenditures in the Swedish pharmaceutical industry

Malmberg, Claes - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2008

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008764489

Innovation in peripheral regions: Do collaborations compensate for a lack of local knowledge spillovers?

Grillitsch, Markus; Nilsson, Magnus - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2014

It is widely accepted that firms in peripheral regions benefit to a lesser extent from local knowledge spillovers than firms located in agglomerations or industrial clusters. This paper investigates the extent to which innovative firms in peripheral regions compensate for the lack of access to...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011105519

The Impact of Pharmaceutical Innovation on Longevity and Medical Expenditure in Sweden, 1997-2010: Evidence from Longitudinal, Disease-Level Data

Lichtenberg, Frank; Pettersson, Billie - CESifo - 2012

We use longitudinal, disease-level data to analyze the impact of pharmaceutical innovation on longevity and medical … expenditure in Sweden, where mean age at death increased by 1.88 years during the period 1997-2010. Pharmaceutical innovation is … the number of drugs to treat a disease, not the number of drug classes. Pharmaceutical innovation also reduced hospital …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010569681