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Beyond the knowledge production function: the role of R&D in a multi-faceted innovative process

Catozzella, Alessandra; Vivarelli, Marco - 2007

innovative inputs on a sample of 3045 manufacturing firms drawn from the third Italian Community Innovation Survey (1998 …-2000). The interactions between four different sources of innovation – internal and external R&D, embodied and disembodied … complementarity and substitutability relationships, de-pending both on the typology of the targeted innovation output and on the …

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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 …

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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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Competition in product design: an experiment exploring innovation behavior

Cantner, Uwe; Güth, Werner; Nicklisch, Andreas; … - 2007

We experimentally investigate competition in innovation in a patent race scenario. Pairs of subjects compete as seller … firms on a duopoly market, engaging in risky search investments. Successful innovation is rewarded through temporary …

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Innovation networks of high tech SMES: creation of knowledge but no creation of value

Winters, Rob; Stam, Erik - 2007

This paper analyses the effects of innovation networks on product and pro-cess innovation and sales growth of high … technology SMEs. Innovation net-works are positively related to both product and process innovation, i.e. know-ledge creation …. One exception is the negative effect of innovation networks with suppliers on product innovation. Older SMEs are more …

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Functional chains of knowledge management: effects on firms' innovative performance

Cantner, Uwe; Joel, Kristin - 2007

The aim of this paper is to investigate the role of Knowledge Management (KM) for the innovation success of firms. It … recombination of internal and external knowledge assets. To analyse the embedding of KM in a firm's internal system of innovation we …. Using data on KM and innovation success of 351 German firms of the manufacturing sector and knowledge-intensive services …

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Creating strategic advantage through entrepreneurial governance in new ventures

Audretsch, David B.; Lehmann, Erik E.; Plummer, Lawrence A. - 2007

An important literature has made a fundamental link between corporate governance and corporate strategy. According to agency theory, assigning managers stock options aligns their interests with the interests of the owners of the firm. This paper suggests that this may not apply in the context of...

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The use of knowledge management by innovators: empirical evidence for Germany

Cantner, Uwe; Joel, Kristin; Schmidt, Tobias - 2008

focus is on knowledge management practices implemented to increase collaboration between actors within a firm on innovation … innovation strategy targeted at consumers and continuous R&D activities is positively related to KM usage. In addition, more …

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Employment growth of new firms

Stam, Erik; Gibcus, Petra; Telussa, Jennifer; Garnsey, … - 2008

This paper analyses the association between dynamic capabilities and new firm growth, controlling for measures of firm resources, characteristics of the entrepreneur, and aspects of the environment. The central research question is: How strong is the relationship between dynamic capabilities and...

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Cluster innovation along the industry lifecycle

Eisingerich, Andreas; Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan; … - 2008

interorganizational network strength, openness, university collaboration, and intrapreneurship on radical innovation across adolescent and …

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