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Science and Technology Parks (STPs) are one of the most important regional innovation policy initiatives. Previous … studies show that location in a Park promotes cooperation for innovation but have not investigated if they help to achieve … the likelihood of cooperation for innovation and the intangible results from cooperation with the main innovation partner …
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This study has two main contributions summarized as follows: 1. Impact of ICT on the capacities of innovation: The most … are also “intensive innovator”. However, this assertion must be moderate when the type of combination of innovation is … taken into account and either only the number. 2. Innovation impact on firms’ performance: In first seen, effects of the …
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Analysing the relationship between firms' openness to external knowledge and their innovation performance is nothing … focus of this paper. Using unique micro-level innovation data, it is shown, as the existing literature suggests, that firms …. However, innovative firms that exploit external knowledge do not necessarily enjoy greater innovation benefits than those that …
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Cooperation can benefit and hurt firms at the same time. An important question then is: when is it better to cooperate. And how can an appropriate partner be selected? In this paper we present a model of inter-firm cooperation driven by cognitive distance, appropriability conditions and external...
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firm's environmental innovation performance. However, the literature suggests that R&D collaboration is not always … beneficial. Therefore, a more elaborated analysis of the effects of R&D collaborations on a firm's environmental innovation … a firm's environmental innovation performance. In addition, this paper addresses the question of whether the diversity …
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The remarkable influx of Chinese migrant entrepreneurs in West Africa has been met with growing resistance from established African entrepreneurs. Whether the former have a competitive edge over the latter because of distinctive sociocultural traits or whether the Chinese's supposed...
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This empirical research note documents the relationship between composition of a firm's workforce (with a special focus on age and gender) and its performance with respect to innovative activities (outlays and employment in research and development (R&D)) for a large representative sample of...
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