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Is more diverse always the better? : external knowledge source clusters and innovation performance in Germany
Haji Ali Beigi, Maryam - 2021
This study gives a new identity to a knowledge search mode named search diversity and investigates how it is more rigorous in capturing knowledge heterogeneity in comparison to general assessment of search breadth. By distinguishing between diversifying and expanding search domain as building...
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Werte Wissen Wachstum : was Deutschland tun muss : wie ein Bündnis der Vernunft dem Aufschwung zum Durchbruch verhelfen kann
Engel, Klaus (ed.); Vassiliadis, Michael (ed.) - 2010 - 1. Auflage
Besser als andere Länder kommt Deutschland aus der größten Wirtschaftskrise. Können wir also zum Business as usual … Deutschland-Bilanz im Herbst 2010 aus? Lehren aus der Krise: Wie sieht die zukünftige Entwicklung Deutschlands aus? Dr. Klaus … Engel und Michael Vassiliadis, ein Unternehmer und ein Gewerkschaftschef, haben gemeinsam Thesen formuliert, was Deutschland …
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The Link Between Firms? Innovation Decision and the Business Cycle: An Empirical Analysis
Heger, Diana - 2004
The sensitivity of innovation activities with respect to the business cycle is often assumed to be small. In this paper the hypothesis on cyclical dependence of innovation activities is tested for firms in the German manufacturing, and additionally for SMEs. To this end firms? innovation...
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Global Idea Sourcing: An Empirical Investigation into the Mechanisms Behind the Usage of Foreign Business Sources for Innovation
Sofka, Wolfgang - 2005
Globalization has set new paradigms, especially in the business world. Breakthroughs in technology (telecommunications, logistics, the internet) and ideology (most notably economic and political trends in China and India) are creating exciting opportunities as well as crucial challenges. This...
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Innovation Activities Abroad and the Effects of Liability of Foreignness: Where it Hurts
Sofka, Wolfgang - 2006
The innovation activities of foreign subsidiaries have been identified as an important source of competitive advantage for multinational corporations. The success of these engagements depends heavily on tapping host country pools of localized expertise. To achieve this foreign subsidiaries have...
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What Makes Foreign Knowledge Attractive to Domestic Innovation Managers?
Sofka, Wolfgang - 2007
This study focuses on the early stages of international innovation activities, i.e. the organizational processes through which promising ideas from around the globe are collected and evaluated. We ask: What characteristics make foreign knowledge interesting to domestic R&D managers? We envision...
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Successful Patterns of Scientific Knowledge Sourcing: Mix and Match
Sofka, Wolfgang; Aschhoff, Birgit - 2008
Valuable knowledge emerges increasingly outside of firm boundaries, in particular in public research institutions and universities. The question is how firms organize their interactions with universities effectively to acquire knowledge and apply it successfully. Literature has so far largely...
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The Effects of Experience on Selecting Innovation Projects: Better the Devil You Know
Schmidt, Tobias; Schwiebacher, Franz; Sofka, Wolfgang - 2008
Innovation success depends heavily on firm's ability to set priorities and select the most promising options from its project portfolio before the odds of success or failure become visible and reliable. We ask: What does previous innovation experience tell firms about what not to do in the...
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