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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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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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Designing for learning and innovation at work

Sluis, Lidewey E.C. van der - VU University Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics, Business … - 2004

individual learning and organisational innovation can blossom. Recent studies in this field reported positive associations … between organisational characteristics stimulating learning and innovation and performance of the firm. However, it stays … unclear which factors are the most prominent facilitators or inhibitors of learning and innovation. This study provides …

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The antecedents and innovation consequences of organizational search: empirical evidence for Spain

Lucena, Abel - Xarxa de Referència en Economia Aplicada (XREAP) - 2009

This paper examines the antecedents and innovation consequences of the methods firms adopt in organizing their search …

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The Return to R&D and Seller-buyer Interactions: A Quantile Regression Approach

Westerberg, Hans Seerar - Ratioinstitutet - 2014

In this paper we analyze whether a firm’s return to its R&D stock is affected by seller-buyer interactions. We suggest that firms that are in close contact with their customers will be relatively more sensitive to their customers’ needs, and therefore adjust their R&D activities accordingly....

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