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that innovations tend to be geographically concentrated. Secondly, innovation data based on patent counts indicate that … of e.g. citations received from later patents) bring them a great deal closer to the innovation concept. At the same time …
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This study explores the value added contribution of informal investors in the entrepreneurial process, something that up to date has received very limited attention. By analyzing the life experience and career background of four informal investors the study examines the personal resources these...
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Most of the studies about industrial clusters and innovation stress the importance of firms geographical proximity and … their embeddedness in local business networks, as factors that positively affect their learning and innovation processes … process of learning and innovation in clusters. This paper contributes to this latter direction of research. It applies social …
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This paper argues the need to rethink the dominant theory on the spatial organization of creative industries. According to this theory, creative industries tend to locate in the largest metropolitan areas as this location, it is argued, constitutes an arena allowing for accessing face-to-face...
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The aim of this paper is to compare the spatial patterns of innovation and knowledge linkages of a biopharmaceutical … technological regimes and sectoral innovation system dynamics between the agro-food and pharmaceutical industries in general and …
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In this paper we argue for the need of sector contextualization to achieve a better understanding of new venture activities aimed at commercializing university generated knowledge. From this perspective, we contend that an analysis of the creation of research-based spin-offs (RBSOs) must take...
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Informal investors have been highlighted as important stakeholders for potential high-growth ventures. Extant empirical research provides evidence that they contribute not only with money but also bring added value in terms of providing their skills and experience to support the continued...
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regional innovation systems. We have argued the need for changing target levels, towards a more systemic approach based on … collective, community-based learning, as well as aim of innovation support, towards more pro-active behavioral change based on … different knowledge basis, and their actual and potential linking to regional innovation systems of different types. The three …
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This study explores the possibility of using trademark statistics as an indicator of new-to-the-firm innovation. It … indicator of new-to-the-firm innovation is likely to be most successful in industries with frequent use of trademarks and with …
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innovation indicator, respectively. Three conclusions emerge. First, we find that the specification where innovations per capita … with regional R&D. In fact, quantile regressions over the distribution of different patenting and innovation levels per …&D. Secondly, accessibility to inter-regional R&D do not affect innovation significantly in our results, which suggests that …
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