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Diversity of innovative strategy as a source of technological performance

LLERENA, Patrick; OLTRA, Vanessa - Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée (BETA), … - 2001

This paper explores the impact of diversity of innovative strategy of firms upon the industrial dynamics through a micro-simulation model. We consider two types of firms each one being characterised by a specific innovative strategy. Basically we assume that some cumulative firms adopt an...

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SME Performance, Innovation and Networking Evidence on Complementarities for a Local Economic System

Mazzanti, Massimiliano; Mancinelli, Susanna - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2007

ouput innovation, for small and medium enterprises (SME) playing in a local economic system. Given the intangible nature of … many techno organisational innovation and networking strategies, original recent survey data for manufacturing and services … and process/product output innovation. R&D is a main driver of innovation and productivity, even without networking. This …

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Proximity and the Use of Public Science by Innovate European Firms

Geuna, Aldo; Arundel, Anthony - Royal Economic Society - RES - 2003

on the latter, since they are an essential component of National Innovation Systems. The importance of proximity for …

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Unionisation Structures and Firms' Incentives for Productivity Enhancing Investments

Haucap, Justus; Wey, Christian - Royal Economic Society - RES - 2003

incentives than "coordination." Depending on the innovation outcome, workers' wage bill is maximised under centralisation" if … holds innovative activity down at its lowest level. Labour market policy can spur innovation by either decentralising …

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An Economic Assessment of Space Solar Power as a Source of Electricity for Space-Based Activities

Macauley, Molly; Davis, James - 2001

We develop a conceptual model of the economic value of space solar power (SSP) as a source of power to in-space activities, such as spacecraft and space stations. We offer several estimates of the value based on interviews and published data, discuss technological innovations that may compete...

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R&D and exporting: A comparison of British and Irish firms

Girma, Sourafel; Görg, Holger; Hanley, Aoife - Leverhulme Centre for Research on Globalisation and …

This paper investigates the two way relationship between R&D and export activity. In particular, we concern ourselves with the question whether R&D stimulates exports and, perhaps more importantly, whether export activity leads to increasing innovative activity in terms of R&D (learning by...

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Exporters and International Knowledge Transfer: Evidence From UK Firms

Kneller, Richard - Leverhulme Centre for Research on Globalisation and …

Within the recent literature studying participation in international markets using micro data, a small number have suggested that firms benefit from their exposure to international markets. One channel considered for this role has been investments in R&D. A common finding in this literature is...

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ROMANIA AND THE KNOWLEDGE-BASED ECONOMY: INNOVATION THE SOURCE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH

Holban (Oncioiu) Ionica; Razvan, Oncioiu Florin - In: Annales Universitatis Apulensis Series Oeconomica 2 (2008) 10, pp. 24-24

. This paper focuses on innovation systems in Romania as the key challenge and meanfor embracing growth based on knowledge …

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Beating the Bounds? The Introduction of Pharmacist Supplementary Prescribing in the UK National Health Service

Tann, Jennifer; Blenkinsopp, Alison; Evans, Amanda; … - In: Prometheus 26 (2008) 2, pp. 125-139

Pharmacists in the UK were granted supplementary prescribing rights in 2003, subject to further training. Most of those now qualified are practising in general medical practices and hospitals. This qualitative study explores GP and pharmacist perceptions of the introduction of pharmacist...

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Promoting University-Industry Linkages in Japan: Faculty Responses to a Changing Policy Environment

Walsh, John; Baba, Yasunori; Goto, Akira; Yasaki, Yoshihito - In: Prometheus 26 (2008) 1, pp. 39-54

Since the mid-1990s, Japan has instituted a series of policy reforms in order to encourage greater university participation in commercial activity. Using data from a survey of scientists in engineering and biomedical fields in Japanese universities, we find that there has been a significant...

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