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Innovative slowdown, productivity reversal? - Estimating the impact of R&D on technological change
Lang, Günter - 2002
Motivated by the recent reversal in labor productivity growth, this paper is analyzing the relationship between R&D expenditures and productivity. Time series data of the German manufacturing industry is used to estimate a variable cost function, with the stock of knowledge being modeled as a...
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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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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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Industrie-Evolution
Cantner, Uwe; Hanusch, Horst - 1998
This paper reviews empirical and theoretical work concerning the relationship between innovative activities of firms and the dynamics of industries. Stylized facts on industry evolution and the analysis of industrial dynamics in general are a first building block. This discussion just reflects a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291737
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Recent trends in the research on national innovation systems
Balzat, Markus; Hanusch, Horst - 2003
In this paper, we give an overview on recent developments in the research on national innovation systems (NIS … innovation systems, heterogeneity in the structure of the systems is only marginally taken into account, an aspect that may … ties up with early studies of national innovation systems. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263011
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Determinants of manufacturing-R&D co-location
Ketokivi, Mikko; Ali-Yrkkö, Jyrki - 2007
The phenomenon of physical R&D-manufacturing co-location is interesting, because researchers have made very different observations regarding its prevalence. In some populations co-location of the two functions seems to be the norm; in others, an exception. However, we still do not have an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010284941
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Product complexity in the adoption of user-customized systems
Gamharter, Benedikt; Koski, Heli; Kretschmer, Tobias - 2009
three factors that may affect the adoption decision: product complexity, architectural innovation and competency scale. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273062
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When does co-location of manufacturing and R&D matter?
Ketokivi, Mikko - 2006
While both manufacturing and R&D location decisions have received considerable theoretical and empirical attention from economists and organization scientists, theories and evidence regarding the co-location of the two are scarce. The goal of this article is to lay the theoretical foundation for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010284965
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Product Innovation and Population Dynamics in the German Insurance Market
Menhart, Michael; Pyka, Andreas; Ebersberger, Bernd; … - 2003
Empirical research in organizational ecology has mainly focused on analyzing founding and mortality rates using life history data of the organizations. We try to extend this approach in our study in a number of ways. In contrast to most empirical studies in organizational ecology, we chose a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262999
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The impact of technological and non-technological innovations on firm growth
Ali-Yrkkö, Jyrki; Martikainen, Olli - 2008
This study investigates the relationship between innovations and firm growth, based on the data of Finnish firms operating in the software industry. We find that in terms of turnover and employment, firms with only technological innovations do not grow more rapidly than other firms. However,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272988