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It is known that small firms rely mainly on the CEO’s individual knowledge for developing innovations. Recent work suggests that this approach is inefficient since it underutilizes other employees’ knowledge. We study to which extent using CEOs, managers and non-managerial employees’ ideas...
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It is known that small firms rely mainly on the CEO's individual knowledge for developing innovations. Recent work suggests that this approach is inefficient since it under-utilizes other employees' knowledge. We study to which extent using CEOs, managers and non-managerial employees' ideas...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013103685
It is known that small firms rely mainly on the CEO's individual knowledge for developing innovations. Recent work suggests that this approach is inefficient since it underutilizes other employees' knowledge. We study to which extent using CEOs, managers and non-managerial employees' ideas...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013091490
This study was prepared by Annika B. Bergbauer while she was working at the Ifo Center for the Economics of Education … paper relates education measures to economic development. The following three papers contribute to the understanding of …
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Despite being the poorest or second poorest participant, Vietnam performed much better than all other developing countries, and even ahead of wealthier countries such as the U.S. and the U.K., on the 2012 and 2015 PISA assessments. We provide a rigorous investigation of Vietnam's strong...
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Early childhood nutrition is thought to have important effects on education, broadly defined to include various forms … of learning. We advance beyond previous literature on the effect of early childhood nutrition on education in developing …
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This paper investigates whether entrepreneurs with technical education are more innovative in high-tech industries than … economists. The main contribution to the literature is in using the type of education as main explanatory variable for innovation … conducted for entrepreneurs with university degree and practical education. The results suggest that education matters for …
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Copyright affects the distribution of creative content. Taking works off copyright promotes their availability, which benefits consumers. But it also allows generic entry to dissipate producer surplus. This paper examines the effect of a copyright on the availability and price of books when...
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This paper empirically investigates the antecedents of internationalization of SMEs, focusing on differences between …/or relocate production or other operations abroad. Generally, I find that SMEs from the manufacturing sector do more exporting … all are significantly positively related to the internationalization of SMEs regardless of industry affiliation. However …
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