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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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Learning to export and learning by exporting: The case of Ethiopian manufacturing
Siba, Eyerusalem; Gebreeyesus, Mulu - 2014
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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European transition at twenty: Assessing progress in countries and sectors
Berglöf, Erik; Bruynooghe, Lise; Harmgart, Heike; … - 2010
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280114
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Natural resources, structural change, and industrial development: Local content in Zambia - a faltering experience?
Lombe, Wilfred C. - 2018
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011943923
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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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Doing business in a deals world: The doubly false premise of rules reform
Kar, Sabyasachi; Pritchett, Lant; Roy, Spandan; Sen, Kunal - 2019
The World Bank's Doing Business reports have evoked an intense policy debate about whether countries should simplify regulatory rules in order to stimulate investment and growth, or make them more stringent in order to achieve public policy objectives. Both sides of this debate, however, assume...
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The role of environmental regulations and innovation in TFP convergence: Evidence from manufacturing SMEs in Viet Nam
Nguyen, Huu Thanh Tam; Minh, Nguyen-Khac; Quoc, Tran-Nam - 2017
. It examines the impacts of environmental compliance, and its combination with innovation, on TFP convergence of … environmental treatment - are only significant through their interaction with innovation. The Ø-convergence in firms' TFP is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011688587