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Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are indeed the engines of global economic growth. Their continued growth is a major subject for the economy and employment of any country. Towards that end, virtual research and development (R&D) could be a viable option to sustain and ease the...
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, and innovation” and to provide an introduction to the associated special issue. We specifically discuss how various crowd â€¦-related phenomena and practices — for example, crowdsourcing, crowdfunding, user innovation, and peer production — relate to theories of â€¦, and innovation: (1) the functions of sociality (sociality as extension of rationality, sociality as sensing and signaling â€¦
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This chapter reviews academic research on the connections between agglomeration and innovation. We first describe the â€¦ conceptual distinctions between invention and innovation. We then describe how these factors are frequently measured in the data â€¦, industrial diversity) that theoretical and empirical work link to innovation, and we discuss factors that help sustain these â€¦
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This paper reviews academic research on the connections between agglomeration and innovation. We first describe the â€¦ conceptual distinctions between invention and innovation. We then discuss how these factors are frequently measured in the data â€¦, industrial diversity) that theoretical and empirical work link to innovation, and we discuss factors that help sustain these â€¦
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This paper reviews academic research on the connections between agglomeration and innovation. The authors first â€¦ describe the conceptual distinctions between invention and innovation. They then discuss how these factors are frequently â€¦ the traits of cities (e.g., size, industrial diversity) that theoretical and empirical work link to innovation, and they â€¦
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and with the existence of a specialized R&D department. Product innovation increases foreign competitiveness, which is a â€¦
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in innovation activity between regions have so far been rather unsuccessful. Using a unique data set which contains â€¦ in the efficiency of innovation activities can be found. This variation is in correspondence with a center â€¦ differences in efficiency of regional innovation systems can be explained by differences in R&D-cooperation behavior. â€¦
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How are Asian countries preparing children to have skills—including creativity, innovation, and technical capability â€¦ education policy and practice into a key component of national innovation strategies: human capital development. Asian countries â€¦ are developing an emphasis on innovation and creativity at all levels of education, while the United States continues (via â€¦
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the U.S. Air Force Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program that transitioned from "Conventional topics," which â€¦ innovation even in less specific Conventional topics. The results suggest that government (and perhaps private sector) innovation â€¦
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