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Absorptive capacity, innovation cooperation and human-capital : evidence from 3 European countries
Franco, Chiara; Marzucchi, Alberto; Montresor, Sandro - 2012
The paper aims at extending the analysis of the firm's absorptive capacity (AC) by taking stock of its manifold nature. Innovation cooperation is recognised as one of its antecedents, along with R&D, but with different possible outcomes, depending on the kind of partner. Human capital is claimed...
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Does internal and external research and development affect innovation of small and medium-sized enterprises? Evidence from India and Pakistan
Ur Rehman, Naqeeb - 2016
performance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in India and Pakistan. Micro-level data was obtained for 3,492 Indian and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653779
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Does internal and external research and development affect innovation of small and medium-sized enterprises? : evidence from India and Pakistan
Naqeeb-ur-Rehman - 2016
performance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in India and Pakistan. Micro-level data was obtained for 3,492 Indian and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011490750
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'To be or not to be' located in a cluster? A descriptive meta-analysis of the firm-specific cluster effect
Grashof, Nils; Fornahl, Dirk - 2020
effect of clusters on firm performance are highly contradictive. This inconsistency in the empirical results makes it … cluster on firm performance, e.g. derived through the externalities within clusters. Therefore, this paper aims to reconcile … performance are justified. By conducting a descriptive meta-analysis of the empirical literature, based on four different …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012653871
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“To be or not to be” located in a cluster?—A descriptive meta-analysis of the firm-specific cluster effect
Grashof, Nils; Fornahl, Dirk - In: The Annals of Regional Science 67 (2021) 3, pp. 541-591
regarding the effect of clusters on firm performance are highly contradictive. The inconsistencies in the empirical results make … being located in a cluster on firm performance (e.g. derived through the externalities within clusters). Therefore, this … clusters on firm performance are justified. By conducting a descriptive meta-analysis of the empirical literature, based on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014497490
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"To be or not to be" located in a cluster? : a descriptive meta-analysis of the firm-specific cluster effect
Grashof, Nils; Fornahl, Dirk - 2020
effect of clusters on firm performance are highly contradictive. This inconsistency in the empirical results makes it … cluster on firm performance, e.g. derived through the externalities within clusters. Therefore, this paper aims to reconcile … performance are justified. By conducting a descriptive meta-analysis of the empirical literature, based on four different …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012182140
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The trade-off between absorptive capacity and appropriability of the returns to innovation effort
Crowley, Frank; Jordan, Declan - 2018
A key concept in the economics of innovation is the 'public good' nature of knowledge. This generates a tension between incentivizing knowledge production by allowing knowledge creators appropriate the economic benefits and encouraging its diffusion to enhance the social return to knowledge...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012020056
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Software Development and Innovation ‒ Exploring the Software Shift in Innovation in Swedish Firms
Andersson, Martin; Kusetogullari, Anna; Wernberg, Joakim - 2020
Several scholars as well as industry professionals have claimed that there is a "software-biased shift" in the nature and direction of innovation in that software development is a core part of innovation activities in firms across a wide array of industries. Empirical firm-level evidence of such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012615415
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Software development and innovation - exploring the software shift in innovation in Swedish firms
Andersson, Martin; Kusetogullari, Anna; Wernberg, Joakim - 2020
Several scholars as well as industry professionals have claimed that there is a "software-biased shift" in the nature and direction of innovation in that software development is a core part of innovation activities in firms across a wide array of industries. Empirical firm-level evidence of such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012240553
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THE EFFECTS OF INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS ON DEVELOPING DYNAMIC CAPACITIES IN THE LOCAL FIRMS OF THE EMERGENT MARKETS
SLIMANE, Sonia Ben - In: Review of Economic and Business Studies (2010) 6, pp. 129-144
. It is conditioned by a combination of factors that influence its success. We propose to measure the performance of the … improving the performance effects of the IJV. Finally, we test the influence of the initial profiles characteristics of the …
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