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We document the evolution of product innovation and features in the mobile telephone handset market. We distinguish … between two types of product innovation: vertical and horizontal innovation. Using data from 1990 - 2003, we find that some …
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firm's environmental innovation performance. However, the literature suggests that R&D collaboration is not always … beneficial. Therefore, a more elaborated analysis of the effects of R&D collaborations on a firm's environmental innovation … a firm's environmental innovation performance. In addition, this paper addresses the question of whether the diversity …
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Systemic innovation theory emphasizes that innovations are the result of an interdependent exchange process between … different organizations. This is reflected in the current paradigm in European innovation policy, which aims at the support of … collaborative R&D and innovation projects bringing together science and industry. Building on a large data set using project …
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This exploratory empirical study compares the determinants of innovation in manufacturing and services through … different innovation objectives or cooperating with different types of partners appears to have detrimental effects on service … innovation. We interpret the latter results through reference to service firms' R&D and alliance management capabilities …
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versus learning by exporting. According to the selection into exporting hypothesis, more productive firms self-select into … exporting due to high entry costs. The learning by exporting hypothesis, on the other hand, emphasizes that firms learn after … entering into the export market. We find evidence in support of both self-selection and learning by exporting. …
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This study gauges the status of transition in the formerly centrally planned economies of Eastern Europe and Central Asia, using a broad approach that compares countries with respect to their business environment, competition, and managerial practices; and assesses transition progress at the...
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Innovation is the result of an interactive process. Knowledge-intensive interactions among different partners are … investigating the impact of R&D collaboration networks on the innovation performance of firms and regions has developed over the …
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This paper traces the role of local content in Zambia's mining sector in supporting industrialization and economic diversification. It assesses productive linkages and manufacturing competitiveness during import-substitution industrialization and post-1991 liberalization and privatization, and...
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Growth in advanced economies is essentially driven by innovation activities. From a demographic point of view the … question rises, whether the trend of an ageing workforce will affect the innovation capacities of these economies. To answer … model, relating a firm's innovation potential to the age composition of its employees. The analysis provides evidence of …
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source of innovative activities within companies. Broken down by sectoral innovation patterns, this article examines the role … of formal education and actual occupation for product innovation performance in manufacturing firms within a probit model … to the Pavitt classification. Sectors with a high share of highly skilled employees engage in product innovation above …
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