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Creative intelligence
Samet, Kaies; Teulon, Frédéric - Institut de Préparation à l'Administration et à la … - 2014
This paper examines the behavioural finance aspects of developed countries which invest significantly in R&D, while trying to benefit from this investment, within the framework of the so called ‘creative intelligence’. At this level, creative intellige
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Innovationsaktivitäten auf hohem Niveau stabilisiert
Penzkofer, Horst - In: Ifo Schnelldienst 44 (1991) 21, pp. 03-12
Die Ergebnisse des seit 1979 durchgeführten ifo Innovationstests zeigen, daß die westdeutsche Industrie die achtziger Jahre nicht nur dazu genutzt hat, um ausgeschöpfte Wachstumsspielräume wahrzunehmen. Sie hat auch ihre Innovationsanstrengungen intensiviert, um der technologischen...
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Coalition Formation in Standard-Setting Alliances
Axelrod, Robert; Mitchell, Will; Thomas, Robert E.; … - In: Management Science 41 (1995) 9, pp. 1493-1508
We present a theory for predicting how business firms form alliances to develop and sponsor technical standards. Our basic assumptions are that the utility of a firm for joining a particular standard-setting alliance increases with the size of the alliance and decreases with the presence of...
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Industry Clockspeed: Measurement and Operational Implications
Mendelson, Haim; Pillai, Ravindran R. - In: Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 1 (1999) 1, pp. 1-20
We argue that industries and industry segments are characterized by a clockspeed that gauges the velocity of change in the external business environment and sets the pace of their firms' internal operations. Using data from the electronics industry, we develop and validate an integrated metric...
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How Do Open Standards Influence Inventive Activity? Evidence from the IETF
Wen, Wen; Forman, Chris; Jarvenpaa, Sirkka - NET Institute - 2014
We examine how standardization in the information and communication technologies affects the inventive activities of …-contributing firms have 18%-20% less inventive output in the same technological area. This negative effect of standardization in a …
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STANDARDIZATION VERSUS INNOVATION IN MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCY
Ciumara, Tudor - In: Studii Financiare (Financial Studies) 15 (2011) 4, pp. 145-156
some perspectives on the relationship between standardization and innovation in the management consulting business. Most of … the consulting services are situated somewhere between absolute standardization and absolute innovation. Approaching any … important to find a balance between innovation and standardization to maximize the results of all agents involved. …
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Competition, Compatability and Standards: The Economics of Horses, Penguins and Lemmings
Forrell, Joseph; Solaner, Garth - Institute of Business and Economic Research (IBER), … - 1986
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Evolution of Standards and Innovation
Aoki, Reiko; Arai, Yasuhiro - Center for Intergenerational Studies, Institute of … - 2014
We develop a framework to examine how a standard evolves when a standard consortium or firm (incumbent) innovates either to improve the standard or to strengthen the installed base, which increases switching costs. Both investments make it more difficult for another firm (entrant) to introduce a...
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The interplay between standardization and technological change: A study on wireless technologies, technological trajectories, and essential patent claims
Bekkers, Rudi; Martinelli, Arianna - Eindhoven Centre for Innovation Studies (Ecis), … - 2010
In many technology fields, standardization is the primary method of achieving alignment between actors. Especially if … the set of patents in the most important technological trajectories to the set of so-called essential patent claims at …
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Normung und Innovation sind keine Gegensätze
Konrad, Anne; Zloczysti, Petra - In: DIW Wochenbericht 77 (2010) 40, pp. 10-15
Die Rolle von Normen innerhalb des Innovationssystems ist sehr umstritten. Es wird sogar vermutet, dass die Zeit der Normung bereits abgelaufen sei. Andererseits wird von einer erstarrenden Regelsetzung gesprochen, die die notwendige Flexibilität für Erfindungen und Innovationen verhindere....
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