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Path-following or Leapfrogging in Catching-up: the Case of Chinese Telecommunication Equipment Industry.
Liu, Xielin - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2007
In this paper, by reviewing the development of telecommunication equipment industry from fixed phone switches to later 3G, TD-SCDMA, we conclude that the degree of matching between existing foreign products with Chinese market is the primary incentive for Chinese companies to catch-up. The...
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Regional innovation systems and the global location of innovation activities: Lessons from China
Yun-Chung, C; Vang-Lauridsen, Jan; Chaminade, Cristina - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2008
The global location of R&D centres by MNCs is a rather new phenomenon; especially when it comes to establishing R&D centres in developing countries. The existing and rather limited literature on globalization of innovation provides four possible explanations of why multinationals locate R&D...
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The Effects of R&D on Regional Invention and Innovation
Ejermo, Olof - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2008
quality-adjusted patents for regional innovation studies rather than patent grants. …
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In Defense of Electricity as a General Purpose Technology
Kander, Astrid; Schön, Lennart; Enflo, Kerstin - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2007
Moser (2004) based on patent statistics. We argue that other methods are required for studying productivity effects and …
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Development blocks and the second industrial revolution Sweden 1900-1970
Kander, Astrid; Schön, Lennart; Enflo, Kerstin - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2006
The paper explores development blocks around electrification at a 14 sector level in the Swedish economy 1900-1974. We suggest that long-run cointegration relations in combination with mutually Granger-causing short-run effects form a development block. One block centred on electricity that...
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Innovation System Policies in Less Successful Developing countries: The case of Thailand
Intarakumnerd, Patarapong; Chaminade, Cristina - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2007
The issue of the rationale for public intervention under the systems of innovation perspective has recently received an increasing attention among scholars and practitioners. However, with few exceptions, this literature has been based on the analysis of innovation policies and innovation...
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Regional innovation measured by patent data – does quality matter?
Ejermo, Olof - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2007
Patent data play an important role as indicators of inventive and innovative activity across regions. This paper … examines if the geographical distribution changes and in what direction if patent data are quality-adjusted. A quality index is … incidence. Patent data over Swedish regions 1982-1999 are used to examine the distribution. The paper examines how the …
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The Challenges of Globalisation: Strategic Choices for Innovation Policy
Borras, Susana; Chaminade, Cristina; Edquist, Charles - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2008
The vast literature of systems of innovation is rich in theoretical and empirical studies about the complexity and institutionally-embedded processes of interaction and learning. So far, however, this literature has not studied in a comprehensive manner the nature and types of strategic choices...
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Energy transitions in Europe: 1600-2000
Kander, Astrid; Malanima, Paolo; Warde, Paul - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2008
The paper focuses on energy transitions in Europe over the last four centuries. Special attention is given to the models of theoretical explanations for the historical energy transitions and how these may be empirically assessed. The twin model of serial substitutions (supply side) and energy...
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Board control and corporate innovation: an empirical study of small technology-based firms
Gabrielsson, Jonas; Politis, Diamanto - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2006
This paper follows a behavioural perspective on boards and governance in exploring the influence of board control on corporate innovation in small technology-based firms. An analysis of 135 Swedish technology-based firms suggests that board involvement in decision control may influence corporate...
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