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Start-up rates, Entrepreneurship Culture and the Business Cycle. Swedish patterns from national and regional data
Andersson, Martin - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2013
It is often claimed that there are locally embedded values and attitudes towards entrepreneurship, exerting a strong influence on the rate and level of entrepreneurial activity in regions. The concept of regional entrepreneurship culture aims to capture such phenomena, and refers in a general...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010611628
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Combining knowledge from different sources, channels and geographical scales
Grillitsch, Markus; Trippl, Michaela - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2013
The aim of this article is to examine conceptually and empirically how innovative firms combine knowledge (1) provided by different sources, (2) accessed at different spatial scales, and (3) acquired through different channels. We add to the conceptual debate by contrasting and synthesizing the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010722778
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Technological competencies and firm performance: Analyzing the importance of internal and external competencies
Grillitsch, Markus; Nilsson, Magnus - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2013
In this paper, we analyze the relationship between technological competencies (TC) and firm performance. Theoretically, the importance of TC is well established and widely accepted. Therefore, it is surprising that a number of empirical studies have been unable to confirm a substantial positive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010722791
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The Geography of Sustainability Transitions: A Literature Review
Hansen, Teis; Coenen, Lars - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2013
This review covers the recent literature on the geography of sustainability transitions which has recently expanded … transitions are embedded and studies of the geography of inter-organisational linkages of importance for transition processes. In … this way, the review introduces researchers with an interest in the field of geography of sustainability transitions to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818683
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The Geography and Structure of Global Innovation Networks: A Knowledge Base Perspective
Liu, Ju; Chaminade, Cristina; Asheim, Bjørn - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2012
This paper explores the geography and structure of global innovation networks (GINs) of two multinational companies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818695
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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...
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