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The role of data and knowledge in firms' service and product innovation

Koski, Heli - 2012

findings emphasize the role of a firm's absorptive capacity and its ICT competence in data-based innovation. It seems that … customer involvement in innovation process positively relates to the production of new data-based products and services. The … reported empirical findings further indicate that data-based product and service innovation tends to be rather strongly demand-driven. …

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Distance to frontier and appropriate business strategy

Coad, Alex - 2008

This paper is an empirical test of the hypothesis that the appropriateness of different business strategies is conditional on the firm's distance to the industry frontier. We use data on four 2-digit high-tech manufacturing industries in the US over the period 1972-1999, and apply...

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A Triptych Inquiry: Rethinking Sustainability, Innovation, and Financial Performance

Busch, Timo; Stinchfield, Bryan T.; Wood, Matthew S. - 2011

, which only holds in the long-term but not in the short-term. Further, we find support for a moderating effect of innovation … in the long-term, innovation mediates the ESP-CFP relationship suggesting that innovation should be considered as a long …

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The impact of innovation activities on firm performance using a multi-stage model: Evidence from the community innovation survey 4

Hashi, Iraj; Stojcic, Nebojsa - 2010

The impact of innovation on firm performance has been a matter of significant interest to economists and policy makers … for decades. Although innovation is generally regarded as a means of improving the competitiveness of firms and their … increased productivity. Therefore, in recent years, the relationship between innovation and firm performance has been modelled …

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Competencies and Institutions Fostering High-growth Firms

Henrekson, Magnus; Johansson, Dan - 2008

High-growth firms (HGFs) are critical for net job creation and economic growth. We analyze HGFs using the theory of competence blocs, linking firm growth to property rights and the interaction of complementary expertise. Specifically, we discuss how the institutional framework affects the...

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Entrepreneurship and Public Policy

Henrekson, Magnus; Stenkula, Mikael - 2009

Public policy is currently shifting from SME policy towards entrepreneurship policy, which supports entrepreneurship without directing attention to quantitative goals and specific firms or employment groups. The institutional framework set by public policy affects the prevalence and performance...

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Familienfreundlichkeit in der deutschen Wirtschaft: Ergebnisse des Unternehmensmonitors Familienfreundlichkeit 2013

Flüch, Sabine; Stettes, Oliver - In: IW-Trends - Vierteljahresschrift zur empirischen … 40 (2013) 3, pp. 19-32

ausgeprägt familienfreundlichen Unternehmenskultur sind dabei mit durchschnittlich 9,6 Maßnahmen signifikant aktiver als die … familienfreundlichen Unternehmenskultur und dem Unternehmenserfolg existiert hingegen kein signifikanter Zusammenhang. …

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The Alert and Creative Entrepreneur: A Clarification

Kirzner, Israel M. - 2008

Israel M. Kirzner is the 2006 winner of The International Award for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Research (the FSF-Nutek Award). In this Prize Lecture he argues that a number of those who have commented on his work have misunderstood certain aspects of his theoretical system, and as a...

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The Impact of Business Intelligence Tools on Performance: A User Satisfaction Paradox?

Wieder, Bernhard; Ossimitz, Maria-Luise; Chamoni, Peter - In: International Journal of Economic Sciences and Applied … 5 (2012) 3, pp. 7-32

While Business Intelligence (BI) initiatives have been a top-priority of CIOs around the world for several years, accounting for billions of USD of IT investments per annum (IDC), academic research on the actual benefits derived from BI tools and the drivers of these benefits remain sparse. This...

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Expert leaders in a fast-moving environment

Goodall, Amanda H.; Pogrebna, Ganna - 2012

leader model of leadership. We differentiate between four kinds of leaders according to their level of inherent knowledge and …

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