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increased market size and the competition. Innovation is a prerequisite for a successful transformation process and this paper …
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We model the impact of public and private ownership structures on firms' incentives to invest in innovative projects. We show that it is optimal to go public when exploiting existing ideas and optimal to go private when exploring new ideas. This result derives from the fact that private firms...
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-process feedback to the idea generators about the quality of submissions. In this paper, we use design contests allowing repeated entry …
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to new patterns of knowledge specialisation and the diversification of knowledge markets. Hence this paper seeks to …
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The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of internal and external R&D on SMEs innovation performance. Micro level data was obtained from Enterprise Survey. For analysis, bivariate models have been used. The results show that internal and external R&D positively affects the product...
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This paper uses panel data of Swiss firms to analyze the impact of education level diversity in the workforce on …
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role of the effect of pooling on downstream innovation. The focus of this paper is on downstream product development and …
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Building on the notion of general and specific human capital proposed by Becker (1962), the paper highlights the … establishment data on various aspects of training practices and innovation activities in Germany, the paper examines the degree … training rather than in firm-specific technical training of employees. In addition, the paper finds strong support for using …
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an `open' approach to knowledge production can deliver substantial efficiency advantages. This paper introduces a formal …
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This paper analyzes the relationship between R&D expenditures, innovation and productivity growth, taking into account …
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