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Upgrading in Asian clusters: Rethinking the importance of interactive-learning

Chaminade, Cristina; Vang-Lauridsen, Jan - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2008

competing on innovation in the global value chain; special attention is paid to clustered SMEs. By comparing 4 clusters in …This paper is concerned with unpacking the role of clusters in supporting the move from competing on low-costs to … different industries in Asia, we highlight significant differences in the learning paths of clustered SMEs. The paper …

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Building absorptive capacity in less developed countries The case of Tanzania

Szogs, Astrid; Chaminade, Cristina; Azatyan, Ruzana - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2008

African countries lag clearly behind developed countries when it comes to accumulating technological capabilities, upgrading and catching up. Also, firms in least developed countries are characterised by very low levels of absorptive capacity. It is therefore crucial to understand how this...

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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...

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The paradox of high R&D input and low innovation output: Sweden

Bitard, Pierre; Edquist, Charles; Hommen, Leif; Rickne, … - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2008

plagued by low pay-off in relation to very high investments in R&D and innovation efforts. Using new data, we show that this … related to the Swedish paradox. We take account of the history of innovation policy in Sweden and – on the basis of the …

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Industrial dynamics and innovative pressure on energy - Sweden with European and Global outlooks

Kander, Astrid; Schön, Lennart - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2007

The focus in this paper is on industrial dynamics and its impact on energy systems.. We highlight some fundamental patterns of this long-term dynamics, using the Dahmenian concept ‘development blocks’, with ‘market widening’ and ‘market suction’, and discuss the implications for...

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