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From a macro perspective, inventor networks are characterized by rather stable structures. However, the high levels of fluidity of inventors and their ties found in reality contradicts this macro pattern. In order to explain these contradicting patterns, we zoom in on the intermediate group...
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, and innovation in Africa. Using data from 34 African countries over the period 2011-2016 sourced from the World Bank …'s Enterprise Survey, we find that short-term mobility positively contributes to innovation, making this a potentially effective … productive knowledge and promote sustainable economic growth. …
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innovation activity. …
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classes across all sectors and all EU Member States, we identify different innovation profiles based on a firm's R …&D investment and/or innovation activities. We find that "basic" firms - i.e. firms that do not engage in any type of R&D or … innovation - are more common among young SMEs, while innovators - i.e. firms that do R&D and introduce new products, processes or …
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This paper analyses the determinants of employment reactions of firms when environmental innovations have been carried out. It differentiates hereby between employment increases and decreases. The data stem from a telephone survey covering more than 1500 firms in five European countries that...
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rich data set. The paper shows that innovation expenditures and investments in information and communication technologies …
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innovation culture today, evident by higher levels of quantity and quality entrepreneurship and innovation. The data indicate …
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This paper analyzes M&A patterns of R&D projects in the antidiabetics industry. For this purpose, we construct a database with all corporate individual antidiabetics R&D projects over the period 1997 - 2017, and add detailed information on firms' technology dimension using patent information,...
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