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Knowledge Production in Nanomaterials: An Application of Spatial Filtering to Regional Systems of Innovation
Patuelli, Roberto; Grimpe, Christoph - 2008
Nanomaterials are seen as a key technology for the 21st Century, and much is expected of them in terms of innovation … products. In this context, it seems all the more important for regions to put their own innovation systems in place, and to … conditions and configurations allow a regional innovation system to be competitive in a cutting-edge technology like …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298075
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On the Profitability of Innovative Assets
Kraft, Kornelius; Czarnitzki, Dirk - 2004
Successful innovative activity is a major contribution to the intangible capital of firms. Although its importance is generally acknowledged, the contribution to companies? profits is a priori unclear. We present the results of an empirical study on the effects of the patent stock on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297363
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Capital Control, Debt Financing and Innovative Activity
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Kraft, Kornelius - 2004
innovation, i.e. weakly controlled managers show a higher innovation propensity. However, the higher the leverage the more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297397
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The Knowledge Production of 'R' and 'D'
Thorwarth, Susanne; Kraft, Kornelius; Czarnitzki, Dirk - 2008
Many studies investigate the relationship between R&D expenditures as an input and patents as an intermediate product or output of a knowledge production function. We suggest that the productivity of research in patent production functions has been underestimated in the literature, as scholars...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298057
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The contribution of corporate ventures to radical innovation
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Dick, Johannes M. H.; Hussinger, Katrin - 2010
Established firms often face significant obstacles to innovation. As a solution, it has been suggested to form … monitored by their corporate sponsors, resulting in less favorable conditions for radical innovation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010302257
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Entrepreneurs from low-skilled immigrant groups in knowledge-intensive industries - company characteristics, survival and innovative performance
Mueller, Elisabeth - 2011
This paper analyzes how companies of immigrant entrepreneurs in knowledgeintensive industries differ from companies of native entrepreneurs with respect to start-up characteristics, firm survival and innovative performance. I focus on immigrants from the 'recruitment countries' of south and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010304654
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Quantity or quality? Collaboration strategies in research and development and incentives to patent
Hottenrott, Hanna; Lopes-Bento, Cindy - 2012
This study shows for a large sample of R&D-active manufacturing firms that collaborative R&D has a positive effect on firms' patenting in terms of both quantity and quality. When distinguishing between alliances that aim at joint creation of new knowledge and alliances that aim at exchange of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010309806
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African Entrepreneurship : Challenges and Opportunities for Doing Business
Dana, Leo-Paul (ed.); Ratten, Vanessa (ed.);  … - 2018
This book outlines the unique challenges and opportunities of doing business in Africa, analysing how varying degrees of development across its countries affects entrepreneurship. Taking into account historical and cultural contexts, the authors approach the topic by evaluating the different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397592
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University Startups and Spin-Offs : Guide for Entrepreneurs in Academia
Stagars, Manuel - 2015
University Startups and Spin-Offs teaches university students, researchers, and educators the most effective strategies and tactics for launching their own startups from academic platforms with the backing of school programs, public grants, incubators, seed accelerators, and private partnerships...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012401945
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Gewerbliche Schutzrechte im Innovationsprozess
Tiefel, Thomas (contributor) - 2008
FuE-, Innovations- und Patentmanagement - Eine Schnittstellenbestimmung -- Technologielebenszyklus-Modelle - Eine kritische Analyse -- Patentstatistische Indikatoren für den Verlauf von Technologielebenszyklen -- Erteilungspraxis bei Patentanmeldungen und ihre Auswirkungen auf die Strategie von...
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