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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005818351
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La Formazione-sviluppo per la creazione di moderne comunità lavorative [Developmnt-training to create working communities]
Rizziato, Erica - Istituto di Ricerca sulla Crescita Economica … - 2010
This paper proposes a new methodology for training in the field of organization development, named development-training. The approach on the base of the methodology come from a research project of Ceris-CNR and the Association Motiva; it is inspired by complexity, constructivism, personalism,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009200958
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THE DIRECTIONS OF DIVERSIFICATION IN ITALIAN MANUFACTURING
Vannoni, Davide - Istituto di Ricerca sulla Crescita Economica … - 1996
This paper focuses on the diversification strategies of the largest manufacturing groups operating in Italy between 1987 and 1993. The analysis of diversification at the firm level and at the industry level is followed with an empirical investigation on the links between the different areas of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010839116
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MULTINATIONALITY, DIVERSIFICATION AND FIRM SIZE AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF EUROPE'S LEADING FIRMS
Davies, Stephen; Rondi, Laura; Sembenelli, Alessandro - Istituto di Ricerca sulla Crescita Economica … - 1997
Conventional explanations of diversification and multinationality both point to size/growth related motives and firm-specific intangible assets as the driving forces. However, previous empirical studies have rarely exploited this commonality by investigating multinationality and diversification...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010927847
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INNOVATION IN NEW TECHNOLOGY-BASED FIRMS IN FRIULI-VENEZIA GIULIA
Guerra, Paola - Istituto di Ricerca sulla Crescita Economica … - 2003
This paper discusses the results of a research project on new technology-based firms. The aim of the project is to analyze the innovation activity of new technology-based firms. The focus is on the process of knowledge creation that fuels innovation. The analysis is based on an empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009386296
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INNOVATIVE FIRMS IN FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA: A CONJOINT ANALYSIS EXPERIMENT
Rotaris, Lucia - Istituto di Ricerca sulla Crescita Economica … - 2003
The European market is rapidly enlarging towards the Eastern part of the continent. This phenomenon is stimulating the enterprises localized in the North-Eastern part of Italy to innovate their productivity processes and their products in order to preserve their competitiveness in the national...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009386303
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010987362
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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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l finanziamento delle imprese Spin-off. Un confronto fra Italia e Regno Unito
Salvador, Elisa - Istituto di Ricerca sulla Crescita Economica … - 2006
This paper aims at examining the university spin-off firms context at present in place in Italy, with particular attention to the relationship with the academic institutions and the problems of financing. In the latest years, more and more attention is devoted to investigate the emergence of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005585422