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Commercialization of academic research. A comparison between researchers in the U.S. and Finland

Nikulainen, Tuomo; Tahvanainen, Antti-Jussi - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2013

This paper aims to identify factors that relate to scientists’ propensity to make commercially significant scientific discoveries (inventions) and to describe how these inventions are commercialized. Based on a large survey of academics active in different fields of science at U.S....

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Innovation height, spillovers and TFP growth at the firm level: Evidence from French manufacturing

Emmanuel, DUGUET - EconWPA - 2004

firm level. The first part of our analysis is dedicated to the determinants of innovation and reveals two different … innovation regimes. On the one hand, radical innovations rely strongly on firm-level spillovers, including property rights, and … innovation height matters. We also find evidence that TFP growth is better represented by an upward shift of the production …

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Product Complexity in the Adoption of User-Customized Systems

Gamharter, Benedikt; Koski, Heli; Kretschmer, Tobias - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2009

consider three factors that may affect the adoption decision : product complexity, architectural innovation and competency …

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The Impact of Technological and Non-Technological Innovations on Firm Growth

Ali-Yrkkö, Jyrki; Martikainen, Olli - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2008

This study investigates the relationship between innovations and firm growth, based on the data of Finnish firms operating in the software industry. We find that in terms of turnover and employment, firms with only technological innovations do not grow more rapidly than other firms. However,...

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Public R&D Funding and Entrepreneurial Innovation

Koski, Heli - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2008

This study does not find any significant direct relationship between the public R&D funding and the firms` innovation …, we find evidence that the public R&D finance has substantially influenced the innovation output of the firms that have … performance in terms of innovation. Those large firms that have more intensively collaborated with the SMS firm partners in their …

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Germany's broadband networks - innovation on hold

Heng, Stefan - EconWPA - 2004

The market for information and communication technologies is changing rapidly. Products and applications that used to be completely separate are becoming almost interchangeable. Sweeping change lies ahead in voice and data telephony: the fixed-line telephone network faces new competition from...

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Mobile telephony - cooperation and value-added are key to further success

Heng, Stefan - EconWPA - 2004

The current problems in mobile telephony are leading critics to make overly pessimistic predictions that 3G – the third-generation mobile phone system – will never become profitable. However, the resulting calls not to introduce 3G and instead directly back alternative wireless technologies...

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3G - chance for take-off in mobile

Heng, Stefan - EconWPA - 2004

It became clear early on that UMTS, also known as 3G (third-generation mobile phone systems), would be a key technology for profitable markets of the future. However UMTS technology offers some major advantages that can be demonstrated under laboratory conditions but which it will not be...

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How General Are General Purpose Technologies? Evidence from nano-, bio- and ICT-technologies in Finland

Nikulainen, Tuomo; Kulvik, Martti - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2009

discussion are also reflected on the newly formed innovation policy instrument in Finland - SHOKs (Strategic centres for science …, technology and innovation), which aim to direct a large share of the Finnish public R&D subsidies towards more demand-based and … incumbent-driven innovation activity. …

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E-payments: modern complement to traditional payment systems

Heng, Stefan - EconWPA - 2004

The challenges of payment transactions in electronic commerce were initially underestimated, as is now clear in the light of technological progress and stricter legislation, meaning traditional business models are increasingly coming up against their limits. Only secure, user- friendly and...

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