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Technological change: An analysis of the diffusion and implications of e-business technologies

Koellinger, Philipp - EconWPA - 2005

2002. In addition, the adoption of new e-business technologies by firms creates opportunities to conduct innovation, either …

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The Relationship between Technology, Innovation, and Firm Performance: Empirical Evidence on E-Business in Europe

Koellinger, Philipp - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2008

This article analyzes the relationship between the usage of Internet-based technologies, different types of innovation … enterprises. The empirical results show that Internet-based technologies were an important enabler of innovation in the year 2003 …. It was found that all studied types of innovation, including Internet-enabled and non-Internet-enabled product or process …

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Empirical studies of innovation in the knowledge driven economy

Hall, Bronwyn; Mairesse, Jacques - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2006

innovation and knowledge management and their impact on performance at the firm level for a number of countries. These studies … have been conducted using data drawn from innovation surveys combined with data from a number of other sources. The issue … illustrates the value of these surveys in improving our understanding of innovation in firms and raises a number of questions for …

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Corporate Governance and Management Succession in Family Businesses

Phan, Phillip; Butler, John E.; Lee, Soo Hoon - EconWPA - 2005

Family businesses carry the weight of economic wealth creation in most economies. In the U.S. alone, family businesses account for 80 to 90 percent of the 18-million business enterprises in the United States, and 50 percent of the employment and GNP. In many ways, the family business is...

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Use of ICTs and the Economic Performance of SMEs in East Africa

Chowdhury, Shyamal; Wolf, Susanna - EconWPA - 2004

This paper assesses the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) and their impact on the economic performance of small- and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) of three East African countries: Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. Findings of the paper suggest that the diffusion of ICT among...

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