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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....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010987371
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A Theory of Technology Diffusion
Mukoyama, Toshihiko - EconWPA - 2003
What determines the speed of the technology diffusion? What are the consequences of diffusion? This paper presents a model to address these questions. Skilled machine-users adopt a new technology first, while unskilled users wait until machines become more reliable and accessible. The quality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005126129
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407643
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008578336
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Employment Effects of Different Innovation Activities: Microeconometric Evidence
Peters, Bettina - EconWPA - 2005
process innovations, this paper reports new results on the relationship between innovation and employment growth in Germany … CIS data. It establishes a theoretical link between employment growth and innovation output. The econometric analysis …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005118792
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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,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566055
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005818415
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The Role of Product Innovation on the Diffusion of Mobile Telephone
Koski, Heli; Kretchmer, Tobias - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2009
Most existing empirical work on technology diffusion assumes technologies to remain constant throughout the diffusion process. However, many consumer technologies improve significantly over time. Using data on the characteristics of new mobile handsets over a ten-year period and controlling for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008578333
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Growth-orientation of nascent entrepreneurs (in Finnish with English summary)
Pajarinen, Mika; Rouvinen, Petri; Ylä-Anttila, Pekka - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2006
and employees. They also engage in innovation activities and own intangible assets as well as are more frequently …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005818371
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Family Businesses and Globalization in Finland
Ali-Yrkkö, Jyrki; Pajarinen, Mika; Rouvinen, Petri; … - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2007
This paper studies whether family businesses (FBs) differ from non-family businesses (non-FBs) in various dimensions of globalization with a representative sample of businesses in Finnish manufacturing and private services. FBs and non-FBs are not so different when it comes to export and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005818395