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An Examination of Technology Strategies for the Integration of Bioinformatics in Pharmaceutical R&D Processes

Hopkins, Michael M. - Science and Technology Policy Research (SPRU), School … - 1999

, showing how barriers to innovation and limiting steps within the R&D process are changing as a result of bioinformatics. …

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Knowledge about knowledge since Nelson & Winter: a mixed record

Pavitt, Keith - Science and Technology Policy Research (SPRU), School … - 2002

Progress in our understanding of the role of knowledge in the economy, based on Nelson and Winter's book published in 1982, has been mixed. It has been greatest when their concepts have been enriched by empirical evidence, often coming from outside evolutionary economics. It has been least when...

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Patterns of innovative activities in countries of Central and Eastern Europe: An analysis based on comparison of innovation surveys

Radosevic, Slavo - Science and Technology Policy Research (SPRU), School … - 1999

This paper compares several innovation surveys from the countries of central and eastern Europe (CEECs) with the first … EU innovation survey. Based on the innovation survey data it discusses the changes in the innovation activities in … in innovation activities come from differences in development levels. Similarities in innovation activities come from a …

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The Impact of an Associative Strategy (the PROFO Program) on Small and Medium Enterprises in Chile

Benavente, Jose Miguel; Crespi, Gustavo - Science and Technology Policy Research (SPRU), School … - 2003

The main objective of this article is to determine if associative strategies followed in Chile have had any impact on the enhancement of productive performance of Chilean SMEs firms. In order to do that, the estimate of the impact is approached using the benchmark given by Social Experiment but...

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The role of codified sources of knowledge in innovation: empirical evidence from Dutch manufacturing

Brusoni, Stefano; Marsili, Orietta; Salter, Ammon - Science and Technology Policy Research (SPRU), School … - 2002

innovation at the sectoral level. Despite considerable interest in David and Foray's (1995) work on the codification of knowledge … and the changing nature of innovation due to the use of information and communication technologies, there are relatively … few empirical studies that probe the role of codified sources of information in the innovation process. Our goal is to …

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Sources of Ideas for Innovation in Engineering Design

Salter, Ammon; Gann, David - Science and Technology Policy Research (SPRU), School … - 2001

This paper explores the sources of ideas for innovation in engineering design. The paper shows that engineering … innovation in project-based firms, outlining patterns of innovation in firms that survive on the basis of their success in …

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Universities and industrial transformation: An interpretative and selective literature study with special emphasis on Sweden

Jacobsson, Staffan - Science and Technology Policy Research (SPRU), School … - 2002

for approaching university-industry relations, where we conceptualise the role of universities in the innovation and … diffusion process as one of the providers of a range of functions in an innovation system. We proceed by addressing three themes …

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Twinning Networks: Co-Evolution and Competition of System Component Technologies in the Local Area Network Industry

Fontana, Roberto - Science and Technology Policy Research (SPRU), School … - 1999

innovation. These mechanisms may ensure a matching between the two industries and a virtuous cycle of growth in absence of … innovation. Nevertheless, when an innovation occurs in one of the two industries and the carrying capacity of the system is …

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Constructing Success in the Electric Power Industry: Flexibility and the Gas Turbine

Watson, Jim - Science and Technology Policy Research (SPRU), School … - 2001

This paper explains the success and failure of two technologies that generate electricity from fossil fuels. Both the Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) and fluidised bed boiler burn fossil fuels more cleanly than more traditional technologies. Whereas the CCGT has been used for an increasing...

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Prospects for Internet Telephony: Toy for Multimedia Hobbyists or Next-Generation Technology?

Corrocher, Nicoletta - Science and Technology Policy Research (SPRU), School … - 1999

The sustained rate of technological change in the telecommunications industry has opened up significant windows of opportunities for telecommunications networks operators to develop value-added services and multimedia applications. The growth of the Internet raises the issue of a possible...

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