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Spatial Inventor Networks As Studied by Patent Coinventorship

Ejermo, Olof; Karlsson, Charlie - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2004

We study the structure of the spatial inventor networks in Sweden by examining the residence of inventors and coinventors in Swedish patent applications to the European Patent Office. Several factors are found to influence the spatial affinity. We find that spatial affinity is strongly...

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MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS AND INNOVATION PERFORMANCE IN THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT INDUSTRY

Gantumur, Tseveen; Stephan, Andreas - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2007

The telecommunications in the 1990s witnessed an enormous worldwide round of Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A). This paper examines the innovation determinants of M&A activity and the consequences of M&A transactions on the technological potential and the innovation performance. We examine the...

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Do External Technology Acquisitions Matter For Innovative Efficiency and Productivity?

Gantumur, Tseveen; Stephan, Andreas - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2010

To quickly adapt to technological change and developments, and thus remain competitive, firms increasingly resort to the use of external technology. This paper investigates whether and to what extent the acquisition of external disembodied technology affects the efficiency and productivity in...

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The Evolving Domain of Entrepreneurship Research

Carlsson, Bo; Braunerhjelm, Pontus; McKelvey, Maureen; … - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2012

Research on entrepreneurship has flourished in recent years and is evolving rapidly. This paper explores the history of entrepreneurship research, how the research domain has evolved, and its current status as an academic field. The need to concretize these issues stems partly from a general...

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The knowledge filter, Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth

Carlsson, Bo; Acs, Zoltan; Audretsch, David; … - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2007

This paper explores the relationship between knowledge creation, entrepreneurship, and economic growth in the United States over the last 150 years. According to the “new growth theory,” investments in knowledge and human capital generate economic growth via spillovers of knowledge. But the...

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HARD AND SOFT LOCATIONAL FACTORS,INNOVATIVENESS AND FIRM PERFORMANCE - an empirical test of Porter’s diamond model at the micro-level

Eickelpasch, Alexander; Lejpras, Anna; Stephan, Andreas - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2007

This paper investigates predictions of Porter’s Diamond model regarding the impact of locational factors on innovativeness and performance at the firm level. We formulate a structural equation model based on the relationships between locational conditions, e.g., transportation infrastructure,...

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Productivity Spillovers of R&D in Sweden

Ejermo, Olof - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2004

Although Sweden is one of the most R&D-intensive OECD-countries, the importance of R&D spillovers in the country has not been systematically analyzed. This paper employs a cross-sectional dataset of 264 R&D-performing Swedish firms from 1996-97. With this set, knowledge production functions are...

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Technological Diversity and Jacobs' Externality Hypothesis Revisited

Ejermo, Olof - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2004

understood as a result of innovations. Furthermore, it is argued that a relevant diversity-measure should take into account the … Jacobs’ hypothesis, economic development should be understood as a result of innovations. Furthermore, it is argued that a …

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The Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship

Acs, Zoltan; Audrestch, David; Braunerhjelm, Pontus; … - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2007

Contemporary theories of entrepreneurship generally focus on the recognition of opportunities and the decision to exploit them. While the prevailing view in the entrepreneurship literature is that opportunities are exogenous, the most prevalent theory of economic growth suggests that...

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Process Innovations in a Duopoly with Two Region

Ejermo, Olof; Johansson, Börje - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2004

with innovations, the spatial dimension is usually dropped. We bridge this gap by constructing a model with two regions … different willingness to pay for quality. The analysis focuses on the incentives for process innovations which affect the unit … incentive for process innovations. The first is increased transportation costs and worsened interregional accessibility (the …

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