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Fostering Innovation in Russian Companies in the Post-Crisis Period : Opportunities and Constraints
Simachev, Yuri - 2013
In recent years the Russian innovation policy has made a significant progress that manifests in developing its ‘tool … kit', increasing resource base, etc. However it has not yet succeeded in improving business innovation activities that … Russian industrial enterprises the authors analyze key features of innovation in Russian companies under economic recovery, as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013083716
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Golden Rule of Forecasting: Be conservative
Armstrong, J. Scott; Green, Kesten C.; Graefe, Andreas - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
This paper proposes a unifying theory of forecasting in the form of a Golden Rule of Forecasting. The Golden Rule is to be conservative. A conservative forecast is consistent with cumulative knowledge about the present and the past. To be conservative, forecasters must seek all knowledge...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257908
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Big data, privacy, and trusted web: What needs to be done
Helbing, Dirk; Balietti, Stefano - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This perspective paper discusses challenges and risks of the information age, and the implications for the information and communication technologies that need to be built and operated. It addresses ethical and policy issues related with Big Data and how procedures for privacy-preserving data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011113527
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The Nature of Innovation Channels at the Micro-Level : Evidence from Russian Manufacturing Firms
Simachev, Yuri; Kuzyk, Mikhail; Feygina, Vera - 2013
incentives for innovation in Russian companies taking into account the organization of industries — vertical or horizontal … vertically organized sectors that define innovation activeness in the economy (for example, mechanical engineering), the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014153492
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Managerial incentive and the firms’ propensity to invest in product and process innovation
Cellini, Roberto; Lambertini, Luca; Sterlacchini, Alessandro - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
We study the product and process innovation choice of firms in which a managerial incentive à la Vickers (1985) is … present. Taking a two-stage dynamic game approach, we show that managerial firms are led to over-invest in process innovation …, as compared to standard profit-maximising firms, while they under-invest in product innovation. The reason is that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836703
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Innovation Concepts and Typology – An Evolutionary Discussion
Kotsemir, Maxim; Abroskin, Alexander - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This paper is devoted to the analysis of evolution of innovation concepts, aspect and types. First emergence and … evolution of different aspects and concepts of innovation are analysed, then the development of innovation concepts from a … historical perspective and finally an overview given of types of innovation classifications developed in the literature …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259326
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EXPLORATIVE VERSUS EXPLOITATIVE ALLIANCES—EVIDENCE FROM THE GLASS INDUSTRY IN CHINA
Leung, Vincent K.K.; Lau, Chi Keung Marco; Zhang, Zhe - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This study empirically delineates the nature of explorative and exploitative alliances, examines how they affect product and process innovations, and investigates how such effects vary in different contexts. Using a sample of 220 Chinese firms in the glass industry, we find that explorative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259386
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R versus D: Estimating the differentiated effect of research and development on innovation results
Barge-Gil, Andrés; López, Alberto - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
R&D is considered to be the main source of innovation. We argue that R&D is too broad a measure, including activities … of research and development on different innovation outputs. Results show that both research and development activities … are important. However, we find that development activities are more important for product innovation, while the effect of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008855819
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R versus D: Estimating the differentiated effect of research and development on innovation results
Barge-Gil, Andrés; López, Alberto - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
R&D is considered to be the main source of innovation. We argue that R&D is too broad a measure, including activities … of research and development on different innovation outputs. Results show that both research and development activities … are important. However, we find that development activities are more important for product innovation, while the effect of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108380
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Innovation and job creation in a dual labor market: Evidence from Spain
Stucchi, Rodolfo; Giuliodori, David - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
innovation created jobs in the Spanish manufacturing sector. Additionally, we find that before the change in the EPL in 1997 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008587850