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Why did the Breed Reactor Fail? - Swedish and international nuclear development in a cold war context
Fjaestad, Maja - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2009
This article discusses the visions about nuclear breeder reactors, plans set out in the aftermath of World War II. This seemed like the ideal solution for future energy, and even small countries, as Sweden, launched breeder reactor programs. The breeder reactor never reached industrial...
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The Spatial Distribution of Innovation Networks
Wilhelmsson, Mats - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2007
uniform. Despite overwhelming evidence on the benefits of collaboration, patent data from 1994-2001 in Sweden demonstrate that … to universities when it comes to collaboration. However, the size of the market does not matter at all when it comes to … collaboration, more important is the density and diversity of the market. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005206976
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Multinationals in the Knowledge Economy - a case study of AstraZeneca in Sweden
Andersson, Martin; Johansson, Börje; Karlsson, Charlie; … - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2008
This report presents a case study of the role of a large R&D intensive multinational company for a small open economy. The case study examines the role of AstraZeneca in the Swedish economy, i.e. an economy dominated by multinational companies. The purpose of the report is to analyze the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005419313
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How does University Collaboration Contribute to Successful R&D Management?
Broström, Anders; Lööf, Hans - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2008
The issue of through what processes R&D collaboration with universities affects a firms’ innovation performance remains …. This study explores the relationship between firms’ collaboration with universities and their capabilities for innovation …
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Firms’ Innovation Strategies Analyzed and Explained
Tavassoli, Sam; Karlsson, Charlie - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2015
This paper analyzes various innovation strategies of firms. Using five waves of the Community Innovation Survey in Sweden, we have traced the innovative behaviour of firms over a ten-year period, i.e. between 2002 and 2012. We distinguish between sixteen innovation strategies, which compose of...
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Innovation Strategies and Firm Performance
Karlsson, Charlie; Tavassoli, Sam - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2015
This paper analyzes the effect of various innovation strategies of firms on their future performance, captured by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011201802
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Exporters, Spin-outs and Firm Performance
Lööf, Hans; Nabavi, Pardis - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2012
This paper analyzes the relationship between exporters, spin-outs and firm performance. A large body of research has …
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Innovation, Metropolitan and Productivity
Lööf, Hans; Johansson, Börje - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2011
This paper assesses the contribution to productivity of firms’ internal innovation efforts and spatially-specific factors. A dynamic GMM-estimator is applied to a panel of close to 3,000 firms located in 81 Swedish regions and observed over a 10-year period. The magnitude of benefits from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009352234
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R&D-Persistency, Metropolitan Externalities and Productivity
Lööf, Hans; Johansson, Börje - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2010
correspond to asymmetries in the performance of firms with regard to productivity level and growth as well as innovativeness …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008693102
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Knowledge & Innovation in Space
Karlsson, Charlie; Johansson, Börje; R. Stough, Roger - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2013
trust makes information and knowledge to diffuse faster. …
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