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The Transaction Costs Perspective on Standards as a Source of Trade and Productivity Growth
den Butter, Frank A.G.; Groot, Stefan P.T.; Lazrak, Faroek - 2007
This paper discusses the design, implementation and use of standards from the perspective of transaction costs economics. A proper design and implementation of standards may lead to a considerable reduction of transaction costs, which enhances trade and, consequently, economic welfare. A major...
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Innovation and dominant design in mobile telephony
Koski, Heli; Kretschmer, Tobias - 2006
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285067
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Radical Innovation and Network Evolution
Phlippen, Sandra; Riccaboni, Massimo - 2007
This paper examines how a radical technological innovation affects alliance formation of firms and subsequent network …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325532
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Human Capital, Firm Capabilities, and Innovation
Bhaskarbhatla, Ajay; Hegde, Deepak; Peeters, Thomas - 2017
rather than training workers to enhance innovation performance. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011819508
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Is service innovation different?
Leiponen, Aija - 2008
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273068
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Subsidizing the Adoption of Energy-Saving Technologies: Analyzing the Impact of Uncertainty, Learning and Maturation
de Groot, Henri L.F.; Mulder, Peter; van Soest, Daan P. - 2004
As part of the Kyoto Protocol, many countries have committed themselves tosubstantially reduce the emission of greenhouse gases within a politically imposed timeconstraint. Investment subsidies can be an important instrument to stimulate the adoption ofenergy-saving technologies to achieve...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010324846
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Cost Reducing Investment, Competition and Industry Dynamics
Petrakis, Emmanuel; Roy, Santanu - 1998
We demonstrate the possibility of shake-out of firms and emergence of inter-firmheterogeneity along the (socially optimal) dynamic equilibrium path of a competitive industry with freeentry and exit, even when there is no uncertainty and all firms are ex ante identical with perfectforesight....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010324386
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Maintenance Costs, Obsolescence, and Endogenous Growth
Berden, Koen G.; van Marrewijk, Charles - 2001
We analyze the impact of obsolescence of economic inventions by incorporating maintenance costsin the endogenous growth model of expanding product varieties. This contrasts with the existingliterature, which ignores maintenance costs and uses the model of quality improvements todescribe...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325047
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Agglomeration, Innovation and Regional Development: Theoretical Perspectives and Meta-Analysis
de Groot, Henri L.F.; Poot, Jacques; Smit, Martijn J. - 2007
Innovation and technological change are central to the quest for regional development. In the globally … structure characterised by its extent of specialisation, competition and diversity, to yield innovation and productivity growth … (diversity) and Porter externalities (competition) that have provided alternative explanations for innovation and urban growth …
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Regional Clusters of Innovative Activity in Europe: Are Social Capital and Geographical Proximity the Key Determinants?
de Dominicis, Laura; Florax, Raymond J.G.M.; de Groot, … - 2011
effectiveness and efficiency of national and European innovation policies. Building on the literature on the knowledge production …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325817