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Cooperation behaviour and innovation performance in the Nigerian manufacturing industry

Egbetokun, Abiodun A. - 2012

Analysing the relationship between firms' openness to external knowledge and their innovation performance is nothing new. What is new is studying how this relationship fares in latecomer economic contexts such as Nigeria, and that is the focus of this paper. Using unique micro-level innovation...

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Does Partner Type Matter in R&D Collaboration for Environmental Innovation?

Pippel, Gunnar - 2013

firm's environmental innovation performance. However, the literature suggests that R&D collaboration is not always … of R&D collaboration partners is important for the environmental innovation performance. Firm-level data from 2 …,337 German service and manufacturing firms are used in the regression analysis. The results suggest that R&D collaboration with …

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Publicly Funded R&D Collaborations and Patent Outcome in Germany

Czarnitzki, Dirk; Fier, Andreas - 2003

The stimulation of co-operations and networks has become very popular in R&D policies in recent years. This study examines the development and the impact of publicly funded R&D consortia in Germany. The paper describes the history of R&D funding in Germany with a focus on the development of...

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The Relationship between R&D Collaboration, Subsidies and Patenting Activity: Empirical Evidence from Finland and Germany

Ebersberger, Bernd; Czarnitzki, Dirk; Fier, Andreas - 2004

This study focuses on the impact of innovation policies and R&D collaboration in Germany and Finland. We consider … collaboration and subsidies as heterogeneous treatments, and perform an econometric matching to analyze patent activity at the firm … level. In general, we find that collaboration has positive effects. In Germany, subsidies for individual research do not …

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The Relationship between R&D Collaboration, Subsidies and Patenting Activity: Empirical Evidence from Finland and Germany

Fier, Andreas; Ebersberger, Bernd; Czarnitzki, Dirk - 2006

This study focuses on the impact of innovation policies and R&D collaboration in Germany and Finland. We consider … collaboration and subsidies as heterogeneous treatments, and perform an econometric matching to analyze R&D and patent activity at … the firm level. In general, we find that collaboration has positive effects. In Germany, subsidies for individual research …

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The design paradox: the contribution of in-house and external design activities on product market performance

Czarnitzki, Dirk; Thorwarth, Susanne - 2009

This paper explores the contribution of design activities on product market performance of Belgian companies. While there is mounting evidence that design can be seen as a strategic tool to successfully spur sales of new product developments at the firm level, the topic of design innovation has...

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Industry-science connections in agriculture: Do public science collaborations and knowledge flows contribute to firm-level agricultural research productivity?

Toole, Andrew A.; King, John L. - 2011

Prior research shows long-run productivity growth in agriculture is associated with increases in the stock of public scientific knowledge and private patented inventions. However, private inventions may be a function of the stock of public knowledge. In this paper, we examine the possibility...

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Collaboration for innovation in services

Hipp, Christiane - 2009

The research was motivated by the importance of inter-firm collaboration within service innovation. Inter …-firm collaboration covers a broad range of organizational combinations of various size and motivations in various levels of formal …

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Providing Collaborative Education with an International Dimension: An Ulster University and Pennsylvania State University Case Study

Comiskey, David; McKane, Mark; Eadie, Robert; Goldberg, … - In: International Journal of 3-D Information Modeling (IJ3DIM) 5 (2016) 2, pp. 1-15

The BIM process, encompassing the use of Common Data Environments (CDEs), collaborative working and the sharing of approved, up-to-the-minute information, has revolutionized the construction industry. However, this method of delivery is something which is alien to many needing a paradigm shift...

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Collaborative & Multidiscipline Working - From Theory to Practice in 48 Hours: A Case Study from BIM Region Northern Ireland

Comiskey, David; McKane, Mark; Eadie, Robert; O'Shea, Eóin - In: International Journal of 3-D Information Modeling (IJ3DIM) 5 (2016) 2, pp. 55-71

assist in this regard by documenting the outcomes from a 48-hour BIM competition in which the authors participated. Although …

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