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A central feature of innovation systems is that innovation arises from interaction between organizational units. This … systems of innovation. …
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This paper examines innovation among very small firms and provides new insights into both internal and external … for the period 2000–2006, the following facts emerge: (i) in contrast to larger firms, innovation in micro firms with 1 … innovation among micro firms compared to other firms, (iii) affiliation to a domestically owned multinational enterprise group …
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We analyze the frequency and nature by which new firms are acquired by established businesses. Acquisitions are often considered to reflect a technology transfer process and to also constitute one way in which a “symbiosis” between new technology-based firms (NTBFs) and established...
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innovation. It employs an analysis of three types of embedding: institutional embedding, which is often localized, structural …. It employs results from earlier research in organizational learning and innovation, and in the management of inter …
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This article provides empirical tests of the hypothesis of ‘optimal cognitive distance’, proposed by Nooteboom (1999, 2000), in two distinct empirical settings. Variety of cognition, needed for learning, has two dimensions: the number of agents with different cognition, and...
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This article studies density and strength of ties in innovation networks. It combines issues of ‘competence’ with …
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impacts negatively on product innovation activities (both in terms of propensity and success), b) that the effect of em …-ployee staying rate (measured by the share of employees that remain in the firm from one year to the next) on innovation follows an …
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