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High Performance in Complex Spatial Systems: A Self-Organizing Mapping Approach with Reference to The Netherlands
Kourtit, Karima; Arribas-Bel, Daniel; Nijkamp, Peter - Tinbergen Instituut - 2013
series of detailed regional facilitating and driving factors related, inter alia, to talent, innovation, skills, networks …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011255701
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The Firms behind the Regions: Analysis of Regional Innovation Performance in Portugal by External Logistic Biplots
Noronha, Teresa de; Galindo, Purificación Vicente; … - Tinbergen Instituut - 2013
The strategic choices regarding innovation and R&D policy in Portugal have, over the last two decades, produced various … firms located throughout the country, and to explore those innovation determinants that have a region-specific connotation …. In our paper, innovation is used as a major contributor to the policy evaluation process referred to above. To provide a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011255850
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Evolutionary Thinking in Environmental Economics
Bergh, Jeroen C.J.M. van den - Tinbergen Instituut - 2007
Evolutionary and environmental economics have a potentially close relationship. This paper reviews past and identifies potential applications of evolutionary concepts and methods to environmental economics. This covers a number of themes: resource use and ecosystem management; growth and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256552
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Evaluating the Capacity of Standard Investment Appraisal Methods
Akalu, Mehari Mekonnen - Tinbergen Instituut - 2002
The survey findings indicate the existence of gap between theory and practice of capital budgeting. Standard appraisal methods have shown a wider project value discrepancy, which is beyond and above the contingency limit. In addition, the research has found the growing trend in the use of value...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256495
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A Monte Carlo Comparison between the Free Cash Flow and Discounted Cash Flow Approaches
Akalu, Mehari Mekonnen; Turner, Rodney - Tinbergen Instituut - 2002
One of the debates in the capital budgeting model selection is between the free cash flow and DCF methods. In this paper an attempt is made to compare SVA against NPV model based on Monte Carlo simulations. Accordingly, NPV is found less sensitive to value driver variations and has got higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257488
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Collusion through Joint R&D: An Empirical Assessment
Duso, Tomaso; Roeller, Lars-Hendrik; Seldeslachts, Jo - Tinbergen Instituut - 2010
This paper tests whether upstream R&D cooperation leads to downstream collusion. We consider an oligopolistic setting where firms enter in research joint ventures (RJVs) to lower production costs or coordinate on collusion in the product market. We show that a sufficient condition for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256042
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Organizational paths of commercializing patented inventions: The effects of transaction costs, firm capabilities, and collaborative ties
Jung, Taehyun; Walsh, John P. - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2011
This study examines the factors affecting modes of commercializing patented inventions using a novel dataset based on a survey of U.S. inventors. We find that technological uncertainty and possessing complementary assets raise the propensity for internal commercialization. We find that R&D...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008919572
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User-producer interaction and the degree of novelty of innovations: a global perspective
Harirchi, Gouya; Chaminade, Cristina - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2013
User-producer interactions have been traditionally recognized as important for innovation. With the rapid growth of … than a south-north one, at least in terms of collaboration with customers for innovation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010722774
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The Impact of Innovation Off-shoring on Organizational Adaptability
Baier, Elisabeth; Rammer, Christian; Schubert, Torben - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2013
We analyze the effects of captive off-shoring of innovation activities on the firms’ ability to adapt its … Community Innovation Survey to test our hypotheses. We find an inverted u-shape of innovation off-shoring on the effectiveness … of organizational adaptability, implying an optimal threshold value of innovation off-shoring. This value is 11% for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818686
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Proximity, knowledge base and the innovation process The case of Unilever’s Becel diet margarine
Davids, Mila; Frenken, Koen - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2015
learning and collaborative innovation. Different forms of proximity include geographical, cognitive, social, institutional and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011168505