at enhancing the innovation capacities of firms. In turn, increasing in innovation capacities give rise to new business … when significant business model innovation is at stake. Our paper discusses the role played by local institutions while … impediments as they act as innovation intermediaries. We base our research on the study of BRIO, a publicly funded collaborative …

innovation (OI) in small Colombian businesses, while also determining whether ACAP significantly influences OI. Additionally, it …

Innovation processes consist of interactive learning mechanisms that combine different knowledge sources. Using a set … of 72 exploratory interviews with small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and regional innovation consultants, this … paper analyzes the combination of STI (science-technology -innovation) and DUI (innovation based on learning …

between imitation and innovation. Using US patent data for the period 1977-2005, we find that there are inverted U …-shaped relationships between the degree of industry-level technological imitation and industry-level innovation activities and between the … degree of industry-level technological imitation and the value of firm-level innovation. Our results suggest that positive …

/supplier relationship while customers may benefit from more innovative and customized solutions. Astonishingly, the pace of adoption of …. We analyze this sluggish adoption by making reference to total cost of ownership (TCO) concepts as a prominent example of … and society. Thus, we raise our research question: To what extent is the sluggish adoption of TCO business models …

two-way relation between the innovation level and the relative debility of the Brazilian supply of capital goods and … software. This is because the innovation in LPFs is characteristically process innovation. Most product innovations seem to …

innovation is inherently risky and therefore may increase the ex ante likelihood of both exceptional company performance and … embodied in the innovation proxies used. Using a panel of almost 300,000 Australian companies, we estimate a piecewise …-constant exponential hazard rate model to examine the relationship between innovation and company survival. As expected, we find that the …

We examine the determinants of innovation novelty ranging from new-to-firm to new-to-world innovation. Higher levels of … determinants of innovation novelty among Australian firms. Firm-specific variables such as R&D, collaboration, foreign ownership …, business focus on innovation, skills in IT and business management are associated with higher levels of innovation novelty …

” commercialization. However, when focusing on downstream industry segments that bring patented technologies to market—“innovation” in an … concentration ultimately harms innovation, efficiency, consumer welfare, and democratic representation. It argues that patent law … provides prescriptions for enhancing industry entry through private ordering, federal innovation policy, and antitrust …