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Gambardella, Alfonso (contributor); … - 2004

This paper employs an original dataset for 146 US metropolitan areas to test some propositions that characterize two different models of organizing firms and industries: the managerial firm, epitomized by the work of Alfred Chandler, and the entrepreneurial system, recently highlighted by many...

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Characterizing the production process : a disaggregated analysis of Italian manufacturing firms

Bottazzi, Giulio (contributor); Grazzi, Marco (contributor); … - 2005

This paper provides a description of the production process by comparing different frameworks in which to analyze the relations between inputs and output. The analyses are performed on a representative sample of Italian manufacturing firms. We employ both parametric and non-parametric analysis....

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The adoption of business to business e-commerce : heterogeneity and network externality effects

Bonaccorsi, Andrea (contributor); … - 2002 - [Elektronische Ressource]

The decision to adopt e-commerce technology depends on a variety of variables. This paper explores the relative importance of structural firm-specific variables, the intrinsic value of the technology, expectations concerning the evolution of the technology, and the adoption behaviour of other...

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Demand and technology determinants of structural change and tertiarisation

Savona, Maria (contributor); Lorentz, André (contributor) - 2005

The paper provides fresh empirical evidence on the relative contribution of final and intermediate demand to changes in the sectoral structure of advanced economies. These latter have led, over the last three decades, to the massive growth of service sectors, most especially the business...

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Laggard clusters as slow learners, emerging clusters as locus of knowledge cohesion (and exclusion) : a comparative study in the wine industry

Giuliani, Elisa (contributor) - 2004

This paper adopts sociometric analysis to explore the process of knowledge acquisition and diffusion in clusters of firms. By comparing the knowledge systems of two clusters selected for being at different stages of their development path, this study shows that the knowledge system of the...

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Links between multinational firms and domestic firms : a comparison of the software industry in India, Ireland and Israel

Giarratana, Marco (contributor); … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

This paper aims to analyze the role of multinational corporations (MNCs) in the development of the software industry in these countries. The study is centred on software production and IT-related services - software development, chip design and electronic devices design, computer and Internet...

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The market for patents in Europe

Gambardella, Alfonso (contributor); Giuri, Paola (contributor) - 2006

By using the PatVal-EU dataset we find that the most important determinant of patent licensing is firm size. Patent breadth, value, protection, and other factors suggested by the literature also have an impact, but not as important. In addition, most of these factors affect the willingness to...

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The revolution within : ICT and the shifting knowledge base of the world's largest companies

Mendonça, Sandro (contributor) - 2005

This empirical paper analyses the importance of information and communications technologies (ICT) in the technological diversification trend among the world’s largest manufacturing firms during the 1980s and 1990s. The objective of the research is twofold: firstly, to emphasise the emerging...

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Skills and openness of OSS projects : implications for performance

Giuri, Paola; Ploner, Matteo; Rullani, Francesco; … - 2004

project performance. Skill heterogeneity across participants is in line with two fundamental organizational features of the … modularization of project activities is an important predictor of performance. The results provide support to the hypothesis that the … for innovation. Finally, design modularity is positively associated with the performance of the project. -- software …

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Fingerprints of the visible hand : Chandlerian organizations and their inward looking malaise

Gambardella, Alfonso (contributor); … - 2004

This paper investigates the relationships between firm organization attributes, namely a structure á la Chandler, and their inward looking or exploitationʺ attitude in R&D and innovation. We argue that because of sunk costs and learning processes an inward looking behavior is a consequence of...

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