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Capturing and / or creating knowledge is a central part of the implementation of knowledge management and is the first … capture knowledge from several fields such as sociology, economics, mathematical analysis etc. …
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. And how can an appropriate partner be selected? In this paper we present a model of inter-firm cooperation driven by …, we offer a revision of the original model by Cohen and Levinthal (1989) accounting for recent empirical findings and … explicitly modeling absorptive capacity within the framework of interactive learning. We apply that to the analysis of firms …
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analysis we break down the complex mechanisms behind knowledge spillovers and identify conceptual links with liability of …
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The innovation activities of foreign subsidiaries have been identified as an important source of competitive advantage for multinational corporations. The success of these engagements depends heavily on tapping host country pools of localized expertise. To achieve this foreign subsidiaries have...
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Competitors can be valuable sources and partners for innovation activities. Against the background of international expansion of firms and increased international competition, the R&D collaborations with international competitors (international co-opetition) is becoming an increasingly...
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beyond formal methods (patents, copyrights, trademarks) to include strategic ones (secrecy, lead time, complex design). We …
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regard to innovation success. Applying latent class cluster analysis we identify four distinct patterns of interaction. Our …
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Innovation success depends heavily on firm's ability to set priorities and select the most promising options from its project portfolio before the odds of success or failure become visible and reliable. We ask: What does previous innovation experience tell firms about what not to do in the...
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Valuable knowledge emerges increasingly outside of firm boundaries, in particular in public research institutions and universities. The question is how firms organize their interactions with universities effectively to acquire knowledge and apply it successfully. Literature has so far largely...
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Multinational corporations (MNC) search increasingly for lead market knowledge and technological expertise around the globe. We investigate whether their subsidiaries gain access to these valuable sources of host country knowledge to the same degree as domestic rivals. We develop a theoretical...
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