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Determinants of the Acquisition of Smaller Firms by Larger Incumbents in High-Tech Industries: Are they related to Innovation and Technology Sourcing?
Wagner, Marcus - Sonderforschungsbereich Ökonomisches Risiko <Berlin>
Innovation activities in high tech industries provide considerable challenges for technology and innovation management … automation which is a specific sub-segment of the semiconductor industry. It analyses the association of firm characteristics … with different aspects of acquisition behaviour. Particular focus is put on innovation-related firm characteristics. The …
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“The Role of Small Firms in Libyan Tourism Development”
Thomas, Brychan; Jwaili, Mokhtar A.; Ṣā’id … - Welsh Enterprise Institute <Pontypridd> - 2003
The paper investigates what should be done to develop Libyan tourism enterprises, how todevelop strategic plans for the industry to increase its market share, and how to compete in theinternational market place.The tourism industry is important to Libya’s economy and greater consideration...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009022245
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The Modern Development of the Finance, Tourism and Agricultural Industries in Jersey
Thomas, Brychan C. - Welsh Enterprise Institute <Pontypridd> - 2006
The paper considers the development of the Finance, Tourism and Agricultural industries, as the main sectors of business activity, in Jersey in the twentieth century. The development of the Finance industry (from the arrival of the first merchant bank in the 1960s to its present day standing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009022283
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TRANSFORMING CITIES ACROSS EUROPE
Power, Anne T.; Plöger, Jörg; Winkler, Astrid - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2008
a high proportion ofmanufacturing jobs until the 1970s andwere internationally renowned for theirskills and innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008836916
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Local Factors and Innovativeness – An EmpiricalAnalysis of German Patents for Five Industries
Brökel, Tom; Brenner, Thomas - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> / Abteilung … - 2005
thought to influence the firm’s innovation activity. We examine more than eightyvariables that approximate the financial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005866042
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Innovationsnetzwerke bei Klein- und Mittelunternehmen: Ein binationaler Vergleich
Dannenberg, Oliver; Thaysen, Jørn Damm - 2005
Innovation liefern und deren Bedeutung für die Entwicklung verschiedenster Teilgebiete der Betriebs- und Volkswirtschaftslehre … Innovationsbegriff heute verbunden mit der kreativen Tätigkeit von Menschen. Innovation kann dabei auf den unterschiedlichsten Ebenen … stattfinden. Regionale sowie nationale aber auch Innovation auf internationaler Ebene ist von entscheidender Bedeutung für die …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005848013
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The Jukebox Mode of Innovation –a Model of Commercial Open Source Development
Henkel, Joachim - Technische Universität <München> / Schöller Chair in … - 2005
In this paper, I describe and analyze the phenomenon of informal development collaborationbetween firms in the field of embedded Linux, a type of open source software. Toexplain the observed phenomenon of voluntary revealing, I develop a duopoly model ofquality competition. The central...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005870619
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IT-basierte, gemeinschaftsgestützte Innovationsentwicklung für Softwareunternehmen
Leimeister, Jan Marco - Universität <Kassel> / Fachgebiet Wirtschaftsinformatik - 2010
„GemeinschaftsgestützteInnovationsentwicklung für Softwareunternehmen“ (GENIE)1 vorgestellt,das durch intelligenten IT-Einsatz Open Innovation-Konzepte indie …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009022186
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Virtual Communities for Innovations:Users’ requirements for the development of anacademic SAP User Group
Ebner, Winfried; Bretschneider, Ulrich; Leimeister, Jan … - Universität <Kassel> / Fachgebiet Wirtschaftsinformatik - 2008
This Research in Progress paper analysesusers’ requirements for the development of aVirtual Community (VC) for the academic SAPUCC (University Competence Center) UserGroup. The SAP UCC User Group consists oflecturers and students using SAP Software foreducational purposes. Initially, we are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009128141
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Innovative Firms or Innovative Owners?Determinants of Innovation in Micro,Small, and Medium Enterprises
De Mel, Suresh; McKenzie, David; Woodruff, Christopher - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2009
Innovation is key to technology adoption and creation, and to explaining the vast differencesin productivity across and … survey from Sri Lanka totest this model and to examine whether and how owner characteristics matter for innovation.The survey … also allows analysis of the incidence of innovation in micro and small firms, whichhave traditionally been overlooked in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009360651