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Complementarity between technology make and buy in innovation strategies: Evidence from Belgiam manufacturing firms

Cassiman, Bruno; Veugelers, Reinhilde - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 1998

This paper characterizes the innovation strategy of manufacturing firms and examines the relation between the … innovation strategy and important industry-, firm- and innovation-specific characteristics using Belgian data from the Eurostat … Community Innovation Survey. In addition to important size effects explaining innovation, we find that high perceived risks and …

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Modern Management: Good for the Environment or just Hot Air?

bloom, nicholas; Martin, Ralf; Sadun, Raffaella; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008

We use an innovative methodology to measure management practices in over 300 manufacturing firms in the UK. We then match this management data to production and energy usage information for establishments owned by these firms. We find that establishments in better managed firms are significantly...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005718073

E-supply chain management: Review, implications and directions for future research

Giménez, Cristina; Ramalhinho-Lourenço, Helena - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2004

This paper analyses the interaction of two topics: Supply Chain Management (SCM) and Internet. Merging these two fields is a key area of concern for contemporary managers and researchers. They have realized that Internet can enhance SCM by making real time information available and enabling...

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R&D cooperation and spillovers: Some empirical evidence

Cassiman, Bruno; Veugelers, Reinhilde - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 1998

This paper provides some first empirical evidence on the relationship between R&D spillovers and R&D cooperation. The results suggest disentangling different aspects of know-how flows. Firms which rate incoming spillovers more importantly and who can limit outgoing spillovers by a more effective...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005772409

The organization of research corporations and researcher ability

Cassiman, Bruno - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 1998

This paper analyzes the formation of Research Corporations as an alternative governance structure for performing R&D compared to pursuing in-house R&D projects. Research Corporations are private for-profit research centers that bring together several firms with similar research goals. In a...

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Half a Century of Public Software Institutions: Open Source as a Solution to Hold-Up Problem

Schwarz, Michael; Takhteyev, Yuri - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009

We argue that the intrinsic inefficiency of proprietary software has historically created a space for alternative institutions that provide software as a public good. We discuss several sources of such inefficiency, focusing on one that has not been described in the literature: the...

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Assessing technology-based spin-offs from university support units

Epure, Mircea; Prior, Diego; Serarols, Christian - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2011

also find that higher innovation levels and experience from the parent university are associated with higher efficiency …

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Toward an Understanding of Learning by Doing: Evidence from an Automobile Assembly Plant

Levitt, Steven; list, john; Syverson, Chad - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012

Productivity improvements within establishments (e.g., factories, mines, or retail stores) are an important source of aggregate productivity growth. Past research has documented that learning by doing-productivity improvements that occur in concert with production increases-is one source of such...

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Learning by Doing in a Multi-Product Manufacturing Environment: Product Variety, Customizations, and Overlapping Product Generations

Egelman, Carolyn D.; Epple, Dennis; Argote, Linda; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013

Extending research on organizational learning to multi-product environments is of particular importance given that the vast majority of products are manufactured in such environments. We investigate learning in a multi-product facility drawing on exceptionally rich data for a manufacturing firm...

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Agglomerative Forces and Cluster Shapes

Kerr, William R.; Kominers, Scott Duke - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010

We model spatial clusters of similar firms. Our model highlights how agglomerative forces lead to localized, individual connections among firms, while interaction costs generate a defined distance over which attraction forces operate. Overlapping firm interactions yield agglomeration clusters...

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