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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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Exploration and Exploitation in Technology-based Alliance Networks

Duysters, Geert; Vanhaverbeke, Wim; Beerkens, Bonnie; … - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2007

within the context of technological innovation. We differentiate among a firm's direct ties, indirect ties and degree of …

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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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Technological capability building through networking strategies within high-tech industries

Duysters, Geert; Vanhaverbeke, Wim; Beerkens, Bonnie - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2007

the rate of innovation for companies with small patent and alliance portfolios. However, when the patent portfolio and … technologies have higher levels of innovation performance in subsequent years than companies that solely invest in incremental …

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Structural Holes, Innovation and the Distribution of Ideas

Cowan, Robin; Jonard, Nicolas - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2006

We model knowledge diffusion in a population of agents situated on a network, interacting only over direct ties. Some agents are by nature traders, others are by nature "givers": traders demand a quid pro quo for information transfer; givers do not. We are interested in efficiency of diffusion...

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Networks of Innovation Clusters in Cova da Beira (Portugal)

Leitao, Joao; Osorio, Carlos - EconWPA - 2005

functioning which accomplishes the general purposes of the National Integrated Programme to the Support for Innovation, and …

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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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The role of industry and economic context in open innovation: Evidence from Nigeria

Egbetokun A.; Oluwatope O.; Adeyeye D.; Sanni M. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2014

Using innovation survey data on a sample of UK manufacturing firms, Laursen and Salter 2006 documented a non … for radical innovation in our sample. Based on multiple research streams including economics of innovation and development … developing context, a wider range of innovation obstacles implies broader external search and more intense obstacles require …

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