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Economic theory tells us that abnormal industry and firm profits will not persist for any length of time. Any industry or firm making profits in excess of the normal rate of return will attract entrants and this competitive process will erode profits. A substantial amount of research however,...
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demand and innovation are the key determinants for firm profitability; second that both technology adoption and R&D concur to …
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The issue of through what processes R&D collaboration with universities affects a firms’ innovation performance remains … under-researched. In particular, university relationships have not been fully integrated in the open innovation framework …. This study explores the relationship between firms’ collaboration with universities and their capabilities for innovation …
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with global, national, regional and local knowledge and innovation dynamics. In the text, we stress the importance to … understand the current changes of the global and their implications for knowledge generation and innovation. Treating knowledge … as a key resource for innovation shifts the focus from the innovation itself to the process of knowledge generation …
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This paper analyzes how different innovation-strategies of incumbent firms affect the quality of their entrepreneurial … files for the period 1997-2008, three types of incumbent firms are distinguished: firms that are engaged in innovation … new firm can be linked back to the innovation strategy of the parent firm. In contrast, there is strong evidence that …
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of highly valued products. In so doing, we suggest an innovation policy framework based on two pillars: (i) the … economy. We argue that the latter area has been overlooked in the policy discussion and that a coherent innovation policy …
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This paper analyses the persistency in innovation behaviour of firms. Using five waves of the Community Innovation … Transition Probability Matrix, we found evidence of (unconditional) state dependence in all types of innovation, with product …
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The report provides a detailed analysis of the state of public expenditure on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Research and Development (R&D) in the European Union (EU). We also provide an interim assessment of the extent to which the Digital Agenda target about doubling public...
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This report provides an analysis of the state of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Research and Development activities in the European Union. This is the fourth report of a series which is published annually. This year’s report provides data up to 2008. The report starts with a...
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The European Union has adopted recently an ambitious strategy for developing the Bioeconomy in Europe. In this context, algae represent an emerging biological resource of great importance for its potential applications in different fields, including food and feed. Algae have been already used as...
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