The aim of this study is to explore the relationship between knowledge transfer and innovation. The literature …) relationship between knowledge transfer and innovation. Empirical research to date, including the work of Storey and Kelly (2002 …), document a linear relationship between knowledge transfer and innovation. In order to investigate the possibility of a non …

product development - collaboration, innovation, and internationalisation - are the core tenets of the accompanying … dissertation then seeks to answer why firms engage in international collaborative innovation. The cycle of technological innovation … Mergers and Acquisitions (M&As) to validate issues of sustainability before examining the impact of location on innovation and …

Organizational researchers have long considered innovation a critical activity. While insightful regarding the nature … of the innovation process and the rewards and risk associated with innovation, prior work has neglected the perspective … truly generate value for firms and the mechanisms through which it does so. I propose a general theory for how innovation …

This dissertation draws on the burgeoning field of innovation of low carbon technologies. Using the functions of … innovation systems, this study explores the process of innovation of biofuel ethanol in the U.S. and in Brazil. It uses "process … theory" to build a narrative of historical events that represent the innovation trajectory of ethanol biofuel in the U.S. and …

There are three essays on the economics of information technology innovation in my dissertation:1. Procurement … procurement strategies. The second essay investigates information technology hardware innovation. I examine R and D offshoring of … software innovation. I investigate open source software and its impact on the design of proprietary software in terms of number …

Following the dynamic capabilities perspective, I suggest that antecedents to innovation can be found at the individual … assess the direct effects of antecedents at the individual, firm, and network level on innovation output. I then investigate … whether a firm s antecedents to innovation lie across different levels. To accomplish this, I propose two competing …