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The design paradox : the contribution of in-house and external design activities on product market performance
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Thorwarth, Susanne - 2009
developments at the firm level, the topic of design innovation has not been linked to the open innovation concept yet. In this …-over quickly to rivals through common customers and suppliers including external designers. -- Design ; R&D ; Collaboration ; Open … Innovation ; Product Market Performance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003893121
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Managing search strategies for open innovation : the role of environmental munificence as well as internal and external R&D
Sofka, Wolfgang (contributor); Grimpe, Christoph (contributor) - 2008
Firms compete increasingly in an open innovation environment. Search strategies for external knowledge become therefore … that the breadth and depth of a search strategy depends upon the nature of a firm’s absorptive capacity (i.e. whether they … are built through internal or external R&D activities) and the munificence of its innovation environment. We test these …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003761002
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Host country contingencies on knowledge protection strategies of multinational firms : bring a knife to a gunfight?
Sofka, Wolfgang (contributor); Shehu, Edlira (contributor) - 2009
International knowledge spillovers, especially through multinational companies (MNCs), have recently been a major topic of the academic and management discussion. However, most studies treat MNC subsidiaries as relatively passive actors without clear knowledge protection strategies. The goal of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003806175
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The pulse of liability of foreignness : dynamic legitimacy and experiences effects in the German car market
Kaiser, Ulrich (contributor); Sofka, Wolfgang (contributor) - 2006
Globalization has provided many companies with new opportunities for growth and efficiency. This requires them to operate successfully across cultural and social borders. These can be stumbling blocks to internationalization and have been found to cause frequent errors and delays for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003383660
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Strategic timing of entry : evidence from video games
Engelstätter, Benjamin; Ward, Michael R. - 2013
This paper investigates how video game publishers’ choice of game release date is affected by the expected level of competition within the game’s product niche. We identify game niches by genre, age-appropriateness, a four week window cohort, publisher and console system. Our analysis is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010229641
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Corporate science in the patent system : an analysis of the semiconductor technology
Della Malva, Antonio; Hussinger, Katrin - 2010
for firms to protect their freedom to operate if used as a complementary part of a firms' overall IP protection strategy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008759943
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The impact of the financial crisis on investments in innovative firms
Giebel, Marek; Kraft, Kornelius - 2015
This paper investigates the impact of the financial crisis on investment decisions in innovative versus non-innovative firms. Firms are defined as being innovative if they have introduced a new product to the market. The empirical test is based on data for the years before and after the recent...
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Sources of spillovers for imitation and innovation
Cappellin, Riccardo; Czarnitzki, Dirk; Kraft, Kornelius - 2013
market (innovation). It turns out that spillovers from rivals lead to more imitation, while inputs from customers and … research institutions enhance original innovation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009787404
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Do trademarks diminish the substitutability of products in innovative knowledge-intensive services?
Crass, Dirk; Schwiebacher, Franz - 2013
Trademarks are often supposed to reduce substitutability and imitability of product innovations. Using German CIS data for 2010, we provide empirical evidence that trademarking firms assess easy product substitutability as less characteristic for their competitive environment. This is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009787415
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From less promising to green? : technological opportunities and their role in (green) ICT innovation
Cecere, Grazia; Rexhäuser, Sascha; Schulte, Patrick - 2015
This paper aims to shed light on the role of technological opportunities for green innovation by studying the case of … Green ICT innovation. We test two hypotheses: (1) Firms active in low-opportunity technological areas are less innovative … Office with firm-level data from the German Innovation Panel (Mannheim Innovation Panel). The results are based on dynamic …
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