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Building absorptive capacity in less developed countries The case of Tanzania
Szogs, Astrid; Chaminade, Cristina; Azatyan, Ruzana - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2008
African countries lag clearly behind developed countries when it comes to accumulating technological capabilities, upgrading and catching up. Also, firms in least developed countries are characterised by very low levels of absorptive capacity. It is therefore crucial to understand how this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005077271
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R&D and financial systems: the determinants of R&D expenditures in the Swedish pharmaceutical industry
Malmberg, Claes - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2008
This study investigates the determinants of R&D expenditures in the Swedish pharmaceutical industry from the 1960s to the mid 1990s. Various proxies for the rate of return of R&D (e.g. expected profit, sales and R&D productivity) as well as the availability of internal funding (proxied by past...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005077278
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The paradox of high R&D input and low innovation output: Sweden
Bitard, Pierre; Edquist, Charles; Hommen, Leif; Rickne, … - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2008
plagued by low pay-off in relation to very high investments in R&D and innovation efforts. Using new data, we show that this … related to the Swedish paradox. We take account of the history of innovation policy in Sweden and – on the basis of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005077279
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Industrial dynamics and innovative pressure on energy - Sweden with European and Global outlooks
Kander, Astrid; Schön, Lennart - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2007
The focus in this paper is on industrial dynamics and its impact on energy systems.. We highlight some fundamental patterns of this long-term dynamics, using the Dahmenian concept ‘development blocks’, with ‘market widening’ and ‘market suction’, and discuss the implications for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005022197
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Services vs. Manufacturing – How Does Foreign and Domestic Sales Impact on their R&D?
Ejermo, Olof; Bergman, Karin - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2013
towards the foreign market vs. the domestic market to find stimuli for innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010722781
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Technological Dynamics and Social Capability: Comparing U.S. States and European Nations
Fagerberg, Jan; Feldman, Maryann; Srholec, Martin - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2011
This paper analyzes factors that shape the technological capabilities of individual U.S. states and European countries, which are arguably comparable policy units. The analysis demonstrates convergence in technological capabilities from 2000 to 2007. The results indicate that social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009386412
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Different competences, different modes in the globalization of innovation?. A comparative study of the Pune and Beijing regions
Plechero, Monica; Chaminade, Cristina - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2010
Since the seminal work of Archibugi and Michie (1995) on the globalization of innovation, several authors have tried to … understand the complex relationship between innovation and internationalization, mainly using firm or sectoral level data …. However, most of them tend to focus on just one form of globalization of innovation – exploitation of technology, research …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008752881
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Industrial dynamics and innovative pressure on energy - Sweden with European and Global outlooks
Schön, Lennart; Kander, Astrid - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2007
The focus in this paper is on industrial dynamics and its impact on energy systems. We highlight some fundamental patterns of this long-term dynamics, using the Dahmenian concept ‘development blocks’, with ‘market widening’ and ‘market suction’, and discuss the implications for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008764037
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Innovation in cultural industries: The role of university links
Zukauskaite, Elena - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2010
This paper analyses the role of university knowledge in innovation processes of cultural industries. Most of the … previous studies on cultural industries highlighted the importance of locally clustered firms in innovation processes. Studies … patterns and innovation processes of new media firms in Scania, Southern Sweden. The findings reveal that innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008764042
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The paradox of high R&D input and low innovation output: Sweden
Bitard, Pierre; Edquist, Charles; Hommen, Leif; Rickne, … - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2008
plagued by low pay-off in relation to very high investments in R&D and innovation efforts. Using new data, we show that this … related to the Swedish paradox. We take account of the history of innovation policy in Sweden and – on the basis of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008764043