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Knowledge search versus knowledge deployment : how foreignness can be both an asset and a liability for firms

Zimmermann, Jörg; Sofka, Wolfgang - 2013

Many modern firms compete globally. However, research into whether foreignness is an asset or a liability in competition with domestic firms is inconclusive. We argue that foreign MNC subsidiaries are not per se advantaged or disadvantaged. We suggest that the distinction originates from the...

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The acquiring of the knowledge about standards in the digital era

Mijatoviæ, Ivana; Tošiæ, Biljana; Jovanoviæ, Milan - In: Amfiteatru economic : an economic and business research … 21 (2019) 51, pp. 427-441

The knowledge from external sources has been recognized as critical for improving the capabilities of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to be competitive on the global market. The aim of this paper is to explore main factors which affect SMEs' choice of a dominant source for acquiring...

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Exploring the Foundations of Organisational Knowledge : An Emergent Synthesis Grounded in Thinking Related to Evolutionary Biology

Vines, Richard; Hall, William P.; Naismith, Luke - 2011

Prevailing views about what constitutes organisational knowledge need to be systematically evaluated at deep epistemological levels. We argue there is a need is to establish a new paradigm comprising of both a theoretical and an ontological foundation for thinking about knowledge epistemologies....

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Activating Knowledge Through Electronic Collaboration : Vanquishing the Knowledge Paradox

Qureshi, Sajda; Keen, Peter - 2015

Electronic collaboration has become a driver for productivity as organizations develop linkages for the planning, sourcing and execution of goods and services. These organizations require mechanisms to harness the diverse and personalized intellectual resources that are distributed across the...

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An ampirical study about knowledge transfer, entrepreneurial orientation and performance in family firms

Martínez, Ascensión Barroso; Galván, Ramón Sanguino; … - In: European journal of international management : EJIM 10 (2016) 5, pp. 534-557

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Protecting innovation through patents and trade secrets : determinants and performance impacts for firms with a single innovation

Crass, Dirk; Garcia-Valero, Francisco; Pitton, Francesco; … - 2016

This paper tests a number of hypotheses on the use and effectiveness of patents and trade secrets designed to protect innovation. While previous studies have often considered patents and trade secrets as substitutes for one another, we investigate the complementary role of the two protection...

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Inventor CEOs and Firm Innovation

Bostan, Ibrahim - 2019

Using a novel, manually-collected dataset, we find that firms whose chief executive officer (CEO) is an inventor experience significantly better innovation outcomes, as measured by patents and future citations. We obtain these results in models with firm fixed effects, in...

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Harnessing Success : Determinants of University Technology Licensing Performance

Belenzon, Sharon - 2008

We study the impact of incentive pay, local development objectives and government constraints on university licensing performance. We develop and test a simple contracting model of technology licensing offices, using new survey information together with panel data on U.S. universities for...

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Impact of counterfeiting on the performance of digital technology companies

Butticè, Vincenzo; Caviggioli, Federico; Franzoni, Chiara - 2018

-2013 (OECD-EUIPO, 2016) with financial information and patent data from 2009 to 2015. The result is a firm-level database that … profitability (return on total assets), prior to the window of observation. Target companies also have on average larger patent … on average increased their patent portfolios during the observation period, but less than the digital technology …

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Small Serial Innovators in the UK : Does Size Matter?

Corradini, Carlo; Battisti, Giuliana; Demirel, Pelin - 2015

This study explores the characteristics and determinants of innovation of exceptionally innovative small and medium sized UK enterprises. The focus is placed on 'serial' innovators, defined as independent companies with a persistent unusually high frequency of innovations over time. The aim of...

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