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A new view of general purpose technologies

Cantner, Uwe; Vannuccini, Simone - 2012

The economic literature started to recognize the heterogeneity characterizing the nature of different technologies, introducing the concept of General Purpose Technologies. In this paper, we offer a new view of General Purpose Technologies, building on the historical as well as on the recent...

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A New View of General Purpose Technologies

Cantner, Uwe; Vannuccini, Simone - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

The economic literature started to recognize the heterogeneity characterizing the nature of different technologies, introducing the concept of General Purpose Technologies. In this paper, we offer a "new view of General Purpose Technologies", building on the historical as well as on the recent...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010578212

Public research and the quality of inventions: The role and impact of entrepreneurial universities and regional network embeddedness

Graf, Holger; Menter, Matthias - 2020

The positive effect of public research on industrial innovations is beyond controversy: public research institutions produce knowledge that is subsequently transferred into product and process innovations by private businesses. Besides this rather passive role in commercializing inventions,...

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Tools and concepts for understanding disruptive technological change after Schumpeter

Knell, Mark; Vannuccini, Simone - 2022

This chapter is about radical innovation and disruptive technological change. Discovering the nature and mechanisms of disruptive technological change can help to understand the long-run dynamics of innovation and map profound transformation in socio-economic systems. The chapter considers four...

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Universities that matter for regional knowledge base renewal: The role of multilevel embeddedness

Grashof, Nils; Graf, Holger - 2023

We analyze the role of universities or, more generally higher education institutions (HEIs), in terms of their regional and international embeddedness for regional knowledge base renewal. We assume that the introduction of radical patents in the sense of novel technological combinations...

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Works councils, training activities and innovation: A study of German firms

Cantner, Uwe; Gerstlberger, Wolfgang; Roy, Ipsita - 2014

Building on the notion of general and specific human capital proposed by Becker (1962), the paper highlights the importance of employee training practices undertaken in firms as an important tool for human resource and knowledge management and focuses on the role of works councils as a specific...

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Works Councils, Training Activities and Innovation: A Study of German Firms

Cantner, Uwe; Gerstlberger, Wolfgang; Roy, Ipsita - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

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Cluster ambidexterity towards exploration and exploitation: Strategies and cluster management

Cantner, Uwe; Graf, Holger; Rothgang, Michael; Wolf, Tina - 2015

division of labor with regard to exploration and exploitation exists among the actors inside the cluster. A cluster is … approaches by means of exploration. In this context we are interested in the supportive role of cluster management, assuming that … a cluster organization can only persist sustainably if exploitation and exploration are pursued in an appropriate …

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Entrepreneurship and creative professions: A micro-level analysis

Fritsch, Michael; Sorgner, Alina - 2013

It has widely been recognized that creativity plays an immense role not only for arts, sciences, and technology, but …

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The geography of creative people in Germany revisited

Fritsch, Michael; Stuetzer, Michael - 2012

It has been argued that creativity is an important source of regional growth. This paper investigates the geography of …

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