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Evidence on the "funding gap" for investment innovation is surveyed. The focus is on financial market reasons for …
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This research investigates deals with the impact of various innovation activities on innovation output by using Spanish … innovation activities lead to differences in both the propensity to innovate and innovation output, depending on the … technological characteristics a firm has. In general, internal R&D leads to product innovation, while machinery acquisition leads to …
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insights have also been gained as to how entrepreneurship, innovation and knowledge are interrelated. Yet, a comprehensive … understanding is still lacking concerning the interface of all of those variables: knowledge, innovation, entrepreneurship and … commercialization through innovation, and the role of the entrepreneur in the growth process. The policy implications of recent research …
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more important when there is an increase in network effects. A consequence is higher innovation incentives under an … reducing bidding competition, thereby also reducing acquisition prices and innovation incentives. …
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the interviews reveal that, in spite of the fact that Research and Development (R&D) and technological innovation have a …
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This paper reviews the innovative capabilities and absorptive capacities of African countries, and investigates whether they have played significant roles in the region’s slow and episodic economic growth. Results from cross-country regressions covering 31 Sub-Saharan African countries suggest...
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levels. To explain the dynamic interplay of needs, need satisfaction, and innovation underlying that growth a behavioral …
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This 2011 report provides an economic overview of the Canadian agriculture and agri-food system. It is meant to be a multi-purpose reference document to provide: an introduction to the agriculture and agri-food system; a snapshot of structural changes that are occurring throughout the system in...
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evidence is based on two quantitative datasets describing innovation and business performance in 145 small enterprises in 2005 … across innovation types. The results suggest that during the period of five years, non-innovators have been the best …
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In terms of innovation generation and management, creative employees are the most valuable resources in small firms … innovation. The aim in this study is to shed light on what is a somewhat neglected protection and appropriability mechanism, and …
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