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In this paper is analyzed the work organization and the forms of quality control in a robotic welding station in a company of office equipment and metal components manufacturing. The robotic cell is recent and works in two shifts. Quality and production rationalization implied in this firms the...
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This book integrates three analytical approaches: (i) local and regional innovation systems, (ii) technological … depends on a number of factors, among them: the type of linkages of SMEs with their clients, the nature of innovation …
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Research and Experimental Development (R&D), particularly that which aims at innovation, that is, new social application. Not … confined to novel products or processes, arts and cultural innovation will yield altogether new ways in which arts and culture …
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In this paper we discuss two propositions: the supply and demand of knowledge, and network externalities. We outline the characteristics that distinguish knowledge-intensive industries from the general run of manufacturing and service businesses. Knowledge intensity and knowledge specialisation...
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with external networks together enhance the probability that firms engage in product and process innovation. Following … data from the Irish Community Innovation Survey 2006-08. In order to control for potential endogeneity of the external …-owned firms which engage in backward networking for product and forward networking for process innovation while also undertaking R …
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chapter in conjunction with Chapter 19, which deals with knowledge, information and innovation. In this chapter, we are …
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The article investigates the impact of clusters on the social environment and the impact of institutional factors on the formation and development of clusters. The authors proceed from the obvious assumption that the basic prerequisite for successful clustering is the development of...
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In this paper we try to present the role of one of the Venture Capital financing solutions - the Spin – off organizations, which are a very interesting way of acquiring the financial means for the new established innovative companies – clients of the Science and Technology Parks.
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Cluster initiatives can be classified as government & international organization's interventions in economic processes with the declared purpose of improving the competitiveness of manufacturers due to joining the efforts of the stakeholders. The positive clustering influence on employment and...
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Much has been said lately about entrepreneurship, so it seems important to leave here some personal analysis on this topic. The issues outlined here result from a work in about a year in which because a personal and professional obligations it was doing some research on these issues. This is an...
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