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The effects of knowledge managementon innovative success –an empirical analysis of German firms
Cantner, Uwe; Joel, Kristin; Tobias Schmidt - Volkswirtschaftliches Forschungszentrum <Frankfurt, Main> - 2009
. Using a matching procedure on data from theGerman Innovation Survey of 2003 (“Mannheim Innovation Panel”), we pair … on the share of cost reductions withprocess innovation.[...] Uwe Cantner, Kristin Joel, Tobias Schmidt …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005866220
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Selective Revealing in Open Innovation Processes:The Case of Embedded Linux
Henkel, Joachim - Technische Universität <München> / Schöller Chair in … - 2006
This paper provides a quantitative study (N = 268) of patterns of free revealing offirm-developed innovations within embedded Linux, a type of open source software (OSS). Ifind that firms, without being obliged to do so, contribute many of their own developmentsback to public embedded Linux...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005870623
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Openness and Technological Innovationsin Developing Countries:Evidence from Firm-Level Surveys
Almeida, Rita; Fernandes, Ana Margarida - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
This paper examines international technology transfers using firm-level data across 43developing countries. Our findings show that exporting and importing activities are importantchannels for the transfer of technology...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005862588
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The Adoption and Diffusion of OrganizationalInnovation: Evidence for the U.S. Economy
Lynch, Lisa M. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
States during the 1990’s, I examine the incidenceand intensity of organizational innovation and the factors associated with … investments inorganizational innovation... …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005862804
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KNOWLEDGE DIFFUSION UNDER PATENTASYMMETRIC FIRMS
Mukherjee, Arijit; Uday Bhanu Sinha - University <Nottingham> / Department of Economics; … - 2005
We show that if patent protection and trade secrecy generate asymmetricmarket structure, an innovator may prefer patent protection than trade secrecy even ifthe diffusion probability is higher under the former but it increases marketconcentration by preventing some imitators...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005868764
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Gains and Pains from Contract Research : A Transaction and Firm-level Perspective
Grimpe, Christoph; Kaiser, Ulrich - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung <Mannheim>
Determining the research and development (R&D) boundaries of the firm as the choicebetween internal, collaborative and external technology acquisition has since long been amajor challenge for firms to secure a continuous stream of innovative products or processes.While research on R&D...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005858822
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Motives for Innovation Co-operation –Evidence from theCanadian Survey of Innovation
Schmidt Tobias - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung <Mannheim>
In this paper we analyse the decision of firms in the Canadian manufacturing sectorto co-operate on innovation projects …. Our focus is on the motives behind this decisionand the firm characteristics, both general and with respect to innovation … activities,which influence the motives for innovation co-operation. Using data from theCanadian Survey of Innovation 2005 we find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005858911
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The role of technology in M&As : a firm-level comparison of cross-border and domestic deals
Frey, Rainer; Hussinger, Katrin - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung <Mannheim> - 2006
Technological change is often hypothesized as one of the main drivers of mergeractivities. This paper analyzes the role of technology in mergers and acquisitions(M&As) at the firm level. Based on a newly created data set that combines financialinformation and patent data for public limited...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008939765
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Knowledge sourcing:legitimacy deficits for MNC subsidiaries?
Schmidt, Tobias; Sofka, Wolfgang - Volkswirtschaftliches Forschungszentrum <Frankfurt, Main> - 2009
Multinational corporations (MNC) search increasingly for lead market knowledge andtechnological expertise around the globe. We investigate whether their subsidiaries gainaccess to these valuable sources of host country knowledge to the same degree as domesticrivals. We develop a theoretical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005866229
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Personalrisikomanagement– Mitarbeiterbindung und die Relevanz für Unternehmen
Przybilla, Anne - Hochschule <Wismar> / Fakultät für … - 2008
Globalisierung und Deregulierung bringen den Unternehmen in vielerlei Hinsichtneue Möglichkeiten, ihr wirtschaftliches Handeln zu optimieren. Aber sowie durch diesen schnellen Wandel und die steigende Komplexität von Geschäftenmehr Optionen entstehen, werden auch immer mehr neuartige...
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