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The innovative performance of 1,200 representative firms in the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania and … the Slovak Republic was analyzed. The study differentiates between product innovation and three different forms of process …
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companies (MNCs). Such subsidiaries are viewed as critical players in the innovation process at MNCs. Although this topic has … the dynamics of the innovation process in Russian-based subsidiaries of global MNCs. It seeks to explore and understand … motivation and drivers of innovation, key participants, and impact and outcomes of innovation, with a specific reference to the …
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non-environmental product and process innovations. The multivariate probit analysis shows that the various innovation … types are determined by different factors. The estimation results suggest a policy mix which comprises the encouragement of … products when the implementation of all innovation types is to be supported. …
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This paper attempts to answer the question of what and how knowledge sharing mechanisms should be used between geographically dispersed plants in multinational companies. Case studies in eleven multinational companies reveal many mechanisms are used for inter-plant knowledge sharing, which are...
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. Using data from 2003 to 2019, we find that inventory productivity reduces materially and statistically significantly for …
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This paper investigates the determinants of innovative activities and the innovation-performance relationship for the … innovation. After controlling for ownership types, industry and regional fixed-effects, key findings include: (i) R&D and … innovation activities not only stimulate firms’ profitability and growth of sales, but also increase their survival propensity …
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1997-2003), using stochastic frontier estimation. We find that the effects of both knowledge inputs become significant … policies encouraging innovation implemented from 1991 onwards paid off in the second half of the 1990s, with innovation driving … firm sales. In traditional industries, the effect of innovation can be interpreted as an effort to catch up with the global …
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The increasing role of services in GDP results from the growing share of service industries, but also from the fact that firms produce services along with goods. This paper investigates the determinants of service provision by manufacturing firms. First, it develops a model of differentiated...
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This paper presents the results of empirical research conducted during March to September 2009. The study focused on the influence of virtual research and development (R&D) teams within Malaysian manufacturing small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The specific objective of the study is...
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