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Absorptive capacity and innovation: When is it better to cooperate?
Egbetokun, Abiodun A.; Savin, Ivan - 2012
Cooperation can benefit and hurt firms at the same time. An important question then is: when is it better to cooperate. And how can an appropriate partner be selected? In this paper we present a model of inter-firm cooperation driven by cognitive distance, appropriability conditions and external...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291823
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Government spending composition in a simple model of Schumpeterian growth
Wiederhold, Simon - 2009
This paper investigates the relevance of government purchasing behavior for innovation-based economic growth. We … incentive for private innovation activities. In contrast to the standard Schumpeterian growth framework, we account for industry … heterogeneity in terms of innovation potential. This extension allows to bring government demand policy within the realm of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267225
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Absorptive Capacity and Innovation : When Is It Better to Cooperate?
Egbetokun, Abiodun A. - 2013
Cooperation can benefit and hurt firms at the same time. An important question then is: when is it better to cooperate. And how can an appropriate partner be selected? In this paper we present a model of inter-firm cooperation driven by cognitive distance, appropriability conditions and external...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013089915
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Penetrating the Knowledge Filter in the Rust Belt
Acs, Zoltán J.; Plummer, Lawrence A.; Sutter, Ryan - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2007
A new model of economic growth introduces the knowledge filter between new knowledge and economically useful knowledge. It identifies both new ventures and incumbent firms as the mechanisms that penetrate the knowledge filter. Recent empirical work has shown that new firms are more proficient at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005864529
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Cooperation behaviour and innovation performance in the Nigerian manufacturing industry
Egbetokun, Abiodun A. - 2012
Analysing the relationship between firms' openness to external knowledge and their innovation performance is nothing … focus of this paper. Using unique micro-level innovation data, it is shown, as the existing literature suggests, that firms …. However, innovative firms that exploit external knowledge do not necessarily enjoy greater innovation benefits than those that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291813
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Emergence of innovation networks from R&D cooperation with endogenous absorptive capacity
Egbetokun, Abiodun A.; Savin, Ivan - 2013
This paper extends the existing literature on strategic R&D alliances by presenting a model of innovation networks with … intensity of cooperation and innovation. Within different knowledge regimes, we examine the structure of networks that emerge …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010323898
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Democratic Capitalism and Philanthropy in a Global Economy
Acs, Zoltán J.; Desai, Sameeksha - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2007
globalization. It is a model based on growth, expansion and constant innovation. However, it is accompanied by social problems which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005864533
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Cooperation behaviour and innovation performance in the Nigerian manufacturing industry
Egbetokun, Abiodun A. - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Analysing the relationship between firms' openness to external knowledge and their innovation performance is nothing … focus of this paper. Using unique micro-level innovation data, it is shown, as the existing literature suggests, that firms …. However, innovative firms that exploit external knowledge do not necessarily enjoy greater innovation benefits than those that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010556216
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On social identity, subjective expectations, and the costs of control
Riener, Gerhard; Wiederhold, Simon - 2011
Controlling employees can have severe consequences in situations that are not fully contractible. However, the perception of control may be contingent on the nature of the relationship between principal and agent. We, therefore, propose a principal-agent model of control that takes into account...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286485
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On Social Identity, Subjective Expectations, and the Costs of Control
Riener, Gerhard; Wiederhold, Simon - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Controlling employees can have severe consequences in situations that are not fully contractible. However, the perception of control may be contingent on the nature of the relationship between principal and agent. We, therefore, propose a principal-agent model of control that takes into account...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009249775