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Enterprise Search in the European Union: A Techno-Economic Analysis
White, Martin; Nikolov, Stavri G. - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2012
The term ‘enterprise search’ (ES) refers to the information retrieval applications that use a range of different core technologies to search enterprise repositories. It includes the search of the organisation’s external web site, intranets and other electronic text held by the organisation...
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Prospects of Mobile Search
Gómez-Barroso, José Luis; Compañó, Ramón; Feijóo, … - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2010
Search faces (at least) two major challenges. One is to improve the efficiency of retrieving relevant content for all digital formats (images, audio, video, 3D shapes, etc). The second is to make relevant information retrievable in a range of platforms, particularly in high diffusion ones for...
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Economic Trends in Enterprise Search Solutions
Benghozi, Pierre-Jean; Chamaret, Cécile; Compañó, Ramón - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2010
Enterprise search technology retrieves information within organizations. This data can be proprietary and public, and access to it may be restricted or not. Enterprise search solutions render business processes more efficient particularly in data-intensive companies. This technology is key to...
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Do Technology Diffusion Theories Explain the OSS Business Model Adoption Patterns ?
Koski, Heli - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2007
This paper addresses the question of the software companies timing of adoption of the open source software (OSS) business models comprising the supply of OSS products and/or services. The game-theoretic technology adoption models do not explain well the observed diffusion patterns of the OSS...
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Corporate R&D and firm efficiency: Evidence from Europe’s top R&D investors
Kumbhakar, Subal C.; Ortega-Argilés, Raquel; Potters, … - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2010
The main objective of this study is to investigate the impact of corporate R&D activities on firm performance, measured …
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The Development of US Policies directed at stimulating Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Audretsch, David; Aldridge, Taylor - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2014
This report explores how U.S. federal institutions fund and influence innovation in the knowledge economy context and if any agencies or particular policies could be replicated in other countries. Three key U.S. agencies are identified as having significantly contributed to innovation and...
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Mobility of ideas for innovation: The role of inventor-specific knowledge flows
Koski, Heli; Pajarinen, Mika - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2015
words, the larger the knowledge pool of an inventor entering (leaving) the firm, the more the firm’s innovation performance … pharmaceuticals and mechanical engineering such that the mobility of an inventor to a firm increases its innovation performance but … the mobility of an inventor from a firm does not affect its innovation performance. We further find that particularly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011115239
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Knowledge Complementarity of a Firm’s Internal and External R&D Capabilities
Koski, Heli; Svento, Rauli - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2014
We use data from over 1500 Finnish companies for the years 2006-2008 and 2008-2010 to explore complementarity of a firm’s R&D strategy with its external knowledge acquisition and innovation collaboration strategies. We define knowledge complementarity (tacit knowledge complementarity) of R&D...
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The Impact of Technological and Non-Technological Innovations on Firm Growth
Ali-Yrkkö, Jyrki; Martikainen, Olli - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2008
This study investigates the relationship between innovations and firm growth, based on the data of Finnish firms operating in the software industry. We find that in terms of turnover and employment, firms with only technological innovations do not grow more rapidly than other firms. However,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566055
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Characterizing the Evolution of the EU-US R&D Intensity Gap using Data from Top R&D Performers
Stancik, Juraj; Biagi, Federico - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2012
In this report, we look at the evolution of Europe's R&D intensity gap relative to the US and its main competitors, using data from repeated waves (2002-2010) of the Industrial Scoreboard, which collects data from top R&D performers in Europe and in the rest of the world (US, Japan, BRIC, Asian...
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