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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...

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Absorptive Capacity and Innovation : When Is It Better to Cooperate?

Egbetokun, Abiodun A. - 2013

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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...

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Innovative start-up patenting: A new approach towards identification and determinants

Wolf, Tina - 2013

There already exists broad literature investigating small and innovative firms in many respects. However, there have been few attempts to assess this group of firms´ propensity to patent or its patenting activities. This paper intends to fill that gap. By applying a new approach to account for...

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Innovative start-up patenting: a new approach towards identification and determinants

Wolf, Tina - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

There already exists broad literature investigating small and innovative firms in many respects. However, there have been few attempts to assess this group of firms' propensity to patent or its patenting activities. This paper intends to fill that gap. By applying a new approach to account for...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010661183

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 …

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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 …

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The selective nature of innovator networks: From the nascent to the early growth phase of the organizational life cycle

Cantner, Uwe; Wolf, Tina - 2016

Earlier studies have shown that entrepreneurs play a key role in shaping regional development. Innovator networks where these entrepreneurs are members of have been identified as one among many critical factors for their firms' success. This paper intents to go one step further and analyses in...

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Intermediation, reciprocity and compatibility in regional innovation systems: an interregional comparison

Cantner, Uwe; Meder, Andreas; Wolf, Tina - 2008

This paper investigates the possible presence of three problems in regional innovation systems (RIS): intermediation …

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On regional innovator networks as hubs for innovative ventures

Cantner, Uwe; Wolf, Tina - 2016

At least since Schumpeter published his work "The Theory of Economic Development" (1912), a wide body of literature has focused on the evolutionary process behind firm growth and survival. Recently a growing interest is devoted to the variable "location" as a critical factor, shaping firm...

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