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Proximity and Innovation in Italian SMEs
Morone, Piergiuseppe; Petraglia, Carmelo; Testa, Giuseppina - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Abstract: In this paper we assess the relevance of both knowledge creation and diffusion processes in affecting Italian SMEs’ propensity to innovate. In doing so a knowledge production function (KPF) is estimated for a representative sample of small and medium manufacturing firms over the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005622012
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Knowledge Spillovers and Knowledge Intensive Business Services: An Empirical Study
Fernandes, Cristina; Ferreira, João - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Knowledge is increasingly perceived as a central factor for company competitiveness. With the transfer of knowledge one of the core functions of knowledge intensive business service (KIBS) companies, the objective of our research incorporates analysis on how the transfer of knowledge takes place...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009368152
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Procuring Innovation
Cabral, Luís M B; Cozzi, Guido; Denicolò, Vincenzo; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
potential suppliers generate and sell the most suitable innovation. Moreover, procurement by public agencies and large firms … the degree of competition between suppliers, as well as other more practical indirect ways to stimulate innovation. We … discuss the effects of standard setting activities by large, often public, procurers on innovation races. We evaluate how …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791875
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Geschäftsmodell-Innovation: Nicht nur Technologie
Müller, Hans-Erich - In: EconStor Open Access Articles (2015-03), pp. 4-5
Die Veränderung der Welt durch die digitale Revolution hat gerade erst begonnen. Nicht mehr nur überlegene Produkte und Produktionsprozesse entscheiden im Wettbewerb: Mit innovativen Geschäftsmodellen werden bestehende Branchen umgewälzt und neue entstehen. Der Artikel gibt einen kurzen...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011265976
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When Open Architecture Beats Closed: The Entrepreneurial Use of Architectural Knowledge
Baldwin, Carliss Y. - Harvard Business School, Harvard University - 2010
This paper describes how entrepreneurial firms can use superior architectural knowledge to open up a technical system to gain strategic advantage. The strategy involves, first, identifying "bottlenecks" in the existing system, and then creating a new open architecture that isolates the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008466006
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Communities, Knowledge, and Innovation: Indian Immigrants in the US Semiconductor Industry
Almeida, Paul; Phene, Anupama; Li, Sali - Departamento de Gestão e Economia, Instituto … - 2010
This paper investigates the influence of technological, geographic, and ethnic communities on the innovativeness of Indian inventors. We study Indian inventors in the semiconductor industry in the US and examine their patenting profiles between 1975 and 1999 to identify the influences on the...
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Forbidden Fruits: The Political Economy of Science, Religion, and Growth
Bénabou, Roland; Ticchi, Davide; Vindigni, Andrea - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
We analyze the joint dynamics of religious beliefs, scientific progress and coalitional politics along both religious and economic lines. History offers many examples of the recurring tensions between science and organized religion, but as part of the paper’s motivating evidence we also...
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ITALIAN MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES AND THE FOURTH CAPITALISM
SCHILIRÒ, Daniele - In: Journal of Applied Economic Sciences Quarterly VII (2012) 4, pp. 437-446
medium Italian enterprises highlights the low use of capital, the local roots, the importance of product innovation, the … aspect stressed in the work is that the processes of innovation and internationalization that underlie the strategies of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010743508
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Italian medium-sized enterprises and the fourth capitalism
Schilirò, Daniele - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
medium Italian enterprises highlights the low use of capital, the local roots, the importance of product innovation, the … aspect stressed in the work is that the processes of innovation and internationalization that underlie the strategies of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109651
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Dynamiques organisationnelles, interactions localisées et innovation technologique. Une investigation empirique
Roux, Pascale - In: Revue d'économie régionale et urbaine février (2001) 1, pp. 75-96
stronger technological innovation capacities (external knowledge coming at least to supplement their internal R&D) ; (ii) the … adoption of interactive organizational forms is positively related to technological innovation ; (iii) individuals and …
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