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Eliasson, Gunnar; Johansson, Dan - 2013

The Information Technology (IT), the Internet, or the Computing & Communications (C&C) technology revolution has been ….” Then the New Economy and fast productivity growth fueled by C&C technology suddenly became the catchword of the very late … competence to build industry on the new technology. We, hence, also demonstrate within the same model the existence of the risk …

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The End of Gs

Chartier, Mike - 2014

generations (“G”s) of wireless technologies. The transition to a new wireless technology is a very costly and often regulatory … generation of technology. The paper will describe the unique combination of regulation, standards, and competitive environment … GSM (2G); US technology neutrality policy, ITU War I and the competitive threat from Qualcomm’s CDMA (3G); and finally the …

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R&D, Firm Size and Incremental Product Innovation

Corsino, Marco; Espa, Giuseppe; Micciolo, Rocco - 2012

This article addresses an issue that is debated in the economics of innovation literature, namely the existence of increasing returns toR&Dexpenditures and firm size, in productinnovation. It explores further how the firm’s structural characteristics and contextual factors affect the sustained...

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Patents, Technical Standards and Standards-Setting Organizations : A Survey of the Empirical, Legal and Economics Literature

Contreras, Jorge L. - 2017

Despite their potential efficiency benefits, voluntary consensus standards have over the past decade become the subject of significant private litigation, regulatory enforcement and policy debate. Much of the controversy centers on the perceived proliferation of patents covering standardized...

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Effectiveness of Energy Efficiency Standards and Labeling Requirements : The Case of Air Conditioners in Japan, Thailand, China and India

Kojima, Michikazu; Kubo, Kensuke; Kusaka, Wakana; … - 2015

This chapter evaluates whether standards and labeling programs aimed at improving the energy efficiency of electrical appliances have been successful at achieving their goals. Standards and labeling programs work to reduce energy consumption by (a) influencing consumers’ choice of appliance...

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Enabling Opportunity Through Innovation : The Case of Telefónica in Chile

Zentner, Aeron - 2014

Technological advancement in communication technology has been a driving force of connecting individuals on a global …

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Diversity in Firms’ Innovation Strategies and Activities : Main Findings of Interviews and Implications in the Context of the Hungarian National Innovation System

Havas, Attila - 2014

This paper reports on the findings of interviews conducted with Hungarian firms on their overall business and innovation strategies and innovation activities to pursue three interconnected aims: a) better understand firm behaviour by analysing qualitative features of innovation processes...

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Global Technology Sourcing in China's Integrated Circuit Design Industry : A Conceptual Framework and Preliminary Findings

Ernst, Dieter; Naughton, Barry J. - 2014

The paper examines the role of global technology sourcing, and its drivers and impacts in China’s integrated circuit … into the vertically disintegrated global semiconductor industry, through markets, investment and technology. The paper … global networks of production and innovation? We show that the process of global technology sourcing is changing in important …

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Entrepreneurial Energy : Its Creation and Capture - a Policy Perspective of Economics and Innovation

Scalise, Craig T. - 2013

This perspective-research paper addresses the view that government support of research violates free market principles. It defines "entrepreneurial energy" to provide a perspective for identifying the stages that an innovation passes through before creating value, uses descriptive economics to...

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Human Interaction : The Critical Source of Intangible Value

O'Donnell, David; O'Regan, Philip; Coates, Brian; … - 2005

In this theoretical, empirical and occasionally speculative paper we argue that human interaction is the critical source of intangible value in the intellectual age. This argument is supported with some perceptual evidence on the dimensions of intellectual capital (IC) from the Irish ICT sector....

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