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Training Propensity of Start-ups in Switzerland - A Study Based on Data for the Start-up Cohort 1996-97

Arvanitis, Spyros; Stucki, Tobias - KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Department of Management, … - 2008

This study is based on data a cohort of Swiss firms that were founded in 1996/97. In the year 2000 data were collected by means of a postal survey among those firms, which still existed by that time. In 2003 and 2006 two further surveys were conducted among the participants of the respective...

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Does Innovativeness Matter for International Competitiveness in Developing Countries? The Case of Turkish Manufacturing Industries

Özçelik, Emre; Taymaz, Erol - İktisat Bölümü, İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi - 2001

I. Introduction. - II. Evolution of the Theory of International Trade: Attitudes towards the Technology Factor and the Schumpeterian Viewpoint as a Rationale for Studies at the Firm-Level. - III. A Survey of Firm-Level Studies on the Determinants of Export Performance with an Emphasis on...

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Effects of team task structure on team climate for innovation and team outcomes

Antoni, Conny Herbert - In: Enterprise and Work Innovation Studies 1 (2005) 1, pp. 9-17

In this cross-sectional study we analyzed, whether team climate for innovation mediates the relationship between team …

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The Role of Science and Technology Policy in Small Economies

Kiander, Jaakko; Hjerppe, Reino; Berghäll, Elina; … - Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus (VATT), Government … - 2002

growth from the point of view of small open economies. Based on the New Growth Theory and Schumpeterian view of innovation …

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Knowledge production and firm growth in Brazil

Negri, João Alberto De; Esteves, Luiz; Freitas, Fernando - Departamento de Economia, Universidade Federal do Paraná - 2007

1996-2003 and on the National Innovation Survey (PINTEC) for information on technological development. In the article …. Second, econometric models relating R&D expenditures, technological innovation and the accumulation of fixed capital are …

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Open and closed industry clusters: The social structure of innovation

Ferreira, Manuel Portugal; Serra, Fernando A. Ribeiro - Departamento de Gestão e Economia, Instituto … - 2008

In this paper we discuss knowledge and innovation in clusters and the benefits of clustering from a knowledge …

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Knowledge Mobilization through Social tieS: The Cost-Benefit Analysis

Fliaster, Alexander; Spiess, Josef - In: Schmalenbach Business Review (sbr) 60 (2008) 1, pp. 99-117

an important role in organizational innovation as well as for the personal success of the innovators. However, scholars …

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Delphi Austria - An Example of Tailoring Foresight to the Needs of a Small Country

Aichholzer, Georg - Institut für Technikfolgen-Abschätzung (ITA), … - 2001

The world-wide diffusion and recognition of Technology Foresight suggests that it is of value for quite diverse types of economies and societies. Its merit as an important tool of strategic intelligence for policy-making also in small countries and transition economies depends on a careful...

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How Internal and External Sources of Knowledge Contribute to Firms’ Innovation Performance

Svetina, Anja Cotic; Prodan, Igor - In: Managing Global Transitions 6 (2008) 3, pp. 277-299

This paper investigates the extent to which different knowledge sources contribute to firms’ innovation performance … have the most important influence on firms’ innovative performance and confirm that, in their innovation process, firms … programs. The data show that in-house learning is not sufficient for generating innovation and that firms need to supplement …

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Learning About a New Technology: Pineapple in Ghana

Conley, Timothy G.; Udry, Christopher R. - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 2000

This paper investigates the role of social learning in the diffusion of a new agricultural technology in Ghana. We use unique data on farmers’ communication patterns to define each individual’s information neighborhood, the set of others from whom he might learn. Our empirical strategy is to...

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