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In this paper we discuss two propositions: the supply and demand of knowledge, and network externalities. We outline the characteristics that distinguish knowledge-intensive industries from the general run of manufacturing and service businesses. Knowledge intensity and knowledge specialisation...
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chapter in conjunction with Chapter 19, which deals with knowledge, information and innovation. In this chapter, we are …
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The article discusses recent advances and future challenges in innovation studies. First, it separately considers four … main strands of research, studying innovation at the organisational, systemic, sectoral and macroeconomic levels. Then … technological and institutional change; the role of demand; and the impacts of innovation on individual and collective welfare …
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agents. We apply the graph theory to describe the network and the principal component analysis to summarize information and …
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This thesis addresses theoretical and empirical questions related to network economics. In particular, it analyze network effects and switching costs in the mobile telecommunications industry. The first chapter analyzes competition in a two-period differentiated-products duopoly in the presence...
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Consumers are using cash less often. This is especially the case in high-value transactions. However, the $1 Federal Reserve Note continues to hold its ground in the realm of micropayments, transactions having a value of less than $5. Economists argue that the staying power of the $1 bill is...
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This paper is an attempt to use the ideas of deepening complexity and self organization theory to a life experiment in …
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Evaluating the environmental performance of a building is rapidly gaining importance as a metric in real estate investments. Since interpretation of the technical measurements is difficult and requires high expertise, investors tend to rely on markers as provided by environmental certification...
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strategic innovation, and to encourage consensus over the field’s core foundation of main themes. Methods: We explore the … intersection between the constituent fields of strategic management and innovation management through a concept mapping process. We … categorize the main themes and search for common ground in order to develop the core thematic framework of strategic innovation …
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This paper introduces the evolving understanding and conceptualization of innovation process models. From the … discussion of different approaches towards the innovation process understanding and modeling two types of approaches to the … evolution of innovation models are developed and discussed. First the so-called innovation management approach which focuses on …
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