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Wissenstransferaktivitäten von schwerpunktmäßig kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen (KMU) in der Region Jena. Die Studie konzentriert sich auf drei …The research project KompNet 2011 - Factors determining the success of regional innovation networks, funded by the …-sized enterprises (SME) in and closely around Jena (Thuringia). The study focuses on three aspects: How do the different channels used …
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The purpose of this study was to conduct an empirical investigation among clients and managers to identify the influence of demographic variables on relationship banking. Primary data was collected from respondents in South Africa, Canada and the UK. Convenient snowball sampling was used to...
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classified as either support for process innovation or support for product innovation. Although these types of programs do not … difference in differences were combined. The study found that by supporting both process and product innovation … product innovation activities. …
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This study examines the impact of innovation strategies on employment growth in four Latin American countries … (Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, and Uruguay) using micro-data for manufacturing firms from innovation surveys. Building on the … model proposed by Harrison et al. (2008), we relate employment to three innovation strategies: make only (R&D), buy only …
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To date there has been few systematic and comparative empirical analyses of the nature of economic development in Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS). We contribute to addressing this gap by exploring the patterns of structural change between 1980 and 2010, focusing on the...
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diffusion (the innovation itself, cooperation, methodologies or institutional designs), the channels of diffusion (internal and … functioning of the pilot, its contribution to the diffusion of the innovation and so to a policy transition in South African …
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The purpose of this paper is to reflect on an innovative initiative taken spontaneously by producers in the supply chain of the table grapes and wine industry to empower employees. Empowerment is a fundamental force for change in doing business in South Africa and its societies, especially in...
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and investment can have on innovation. This paper studies the effect of deregulation and trade reform on South Africa … subsistence farming sector. Deregulation and trade reform has led to substantial changes in innovation in the commercial … agriculture sector such as wine and fruit, leading to a large change in composition while innovation seems to have been more …
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spur innovation. …
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