Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 11,140
Cover Image
Absorptive capacity and innovation: When is it better to cooperate?
Egbetokun, Abiodun A.; Savin, Ivan - 2012
Cooperation can benefit and hurt firms at the same time. An important question then is: when is it better to cooperate. And how can an appropriate partner be selected? In this paper we present a model of inter-firm cooperation driven by cognitive distance, appropriability conditions and external...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291823
Cover Image
The State of University Policy for Progress in Europe
Hoareau, Cécile; Ritzen, Jo; Marconi, Gabriele - 2012
Higher education contributes to economic innovation. This study measures and compares the extent to which national … governments' policies foster this contribution across Europe. The study stresses the relevance of policies which are 'empowering … higher education performance in education, research and economic innovation, using non-arbitrary weights and eighteen policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010331391
Cover Image
Can the University Save Europe?
Ritzen, Jo - 2012
Higher education is in the position to save Europe by rendering a substantial contribution to sustainable economic … research would be helpful. Universities can contribute to recreating hope and optimism through more innovation in the economy. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010331415
Cover Image
Concubinage or Marriage? Informal and Formal Cooperations for Innovation
Keilbach, Max; Bönte, Werner - 2004
Based on a sample of German innovating firms that contains information on formal and informal innovation cooperation … cooperations are the innovation dynamics at the industry level. Firms who operate an R&D department and firms who are involved in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297327
Cover Image
Firm growth, innovation and the business cycle: Background report for the 2014 competitiveness report
Peters, Bettina; Dachs, Bernhard; Dünser, Martina; … - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010527603
Cover Image
Compulsory schooling reforms, education and mortality in twentieth century Europe
Gathmann, Christina; Jürges, Hendrik; Reinhold, Steffen - 2012
mortality reductions. Using data from 19 compulsory schooling reforms implemented in Europe during the twentieth century, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281040
Cover Image
Compulsory schooling reforms, education and mortality in twentieth century Europe
Gathmann, Christina; Jürges, Hendrik; Reinhold, Steffen - 2012
mortality reductions. Using data from 19 compulsory schooling reforms implemented in Europe during the twentieth century, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282359
Cover Image
Pecuniary knowledge externalities and innovation: Intersectoral linkages and their effects beyond technological spillovers
Gehringer, Agnieszka - 2010
The aim of the paper is to discuss and to provide evidence for the existence of pecuniary knowledge externalities, considered here as the main cause of positive disequilibrium experience by downstream producers. This last effect, confirmed by the empirical analysis here performed, contrasts the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010302710
Cover Image
Pecuniary knowledge externalities in a new taxonomy: Knowledge interactions in a vertically integrated system
Gehringer, Agnieszka - 2010
The paper presents a new sectoral taxonomy that focuses on the existence of non negligible external effects, deriving from user-producer knowledge interactions, the latter in turn coupled with intermediate goods transactions, in a system of vertically integrated manufacturing and services...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010302711
Cover Image
Pecuniary knowledge externalities across European countries: Are there leading sectors?
Gehringer, Agnieszka - 2010
This paper investigates empirically the occurrence of pecuniary knowledge externalities at the sectoral level across European economies. The main results suggest that, although some sectors can be considered as playing a particularly important role as a source of pecuniary knowledge...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010302712