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Risky innovation: The impact of internal and external R&D strategies upon the distribution of returns

Mata, José; Woerter, Martin - In: Research Policy 42 (2013) 2, pp. 495-501

External innovation increases the profits of the median firm, but also increases dispersion and the kurtosis of the … evidence that the rewards from innovation are positively skewed, we find no effect of innovation strategies upon the skewness …

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The Determinants of Corporate Growth

Rosique, Francisco - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

Corporate Growth is a concept that has been widely treated in a specific way or as part of strategy theories, in definition and in econometric models and has also been studied in many different aspects and approaches. The author describes in depth the main variables affecting corporate growth...

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CEO risk incentives and firm performance following R&D increases

Shen, Carl Hsin-han; Zhang, Hao - In: Journal of Banking & Finance 37 (2013) 4, pp. 1176-1194

In this study we analyze how CEO risk incentives affect the efficiency of research and development (R&D) investments. We examine a sample of 843 cases in which firms increase their R&D investments by an economically significant amount over the period of 1995–2006. We find that firms with...

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A LOG LINEAR ANALYSIS OF FACTORS AFFECTING PERFORMANCE OF EUROPEAN MANUFACTURING SMEs

Beneki, Christina; Papastathopoulos, Avraam - In: International Journal of Management and Marketing Research 4 (2011) 3, pp. 75-93

The purpose of this exploratory study is the examination of the complex interactions among variables that affect the performance of European manufacturing SMEs by using a hierarchical log linear model. In the present study, firm performance is empirically measured in terms of turnover growth....

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Innovation and business success: The mediating role of customer participation

Ngo, Liem Viet; O'Cass, Aron - In: Journal of Business Research 66 (2013) 8, pp. 1134-1142

Innovation and the customer participation are central issues in research focusing on the performance of firms. However …, the current literature offers little guidance on the extent of connection between firm innovation capabilities and … that customer participation may account for the effects of service firm innovation capabilities (both technical and non …

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Dynamic capabilities and firm performance in a financial crisis

Makkonen, Hannu; Pohjola, Mikko; Olkkonen, Rami; … - In: Journal of Business Research 67 (2014) 1, pp. 2707-2719

literature on dynamic capabilities, organizational change, and innovation in the context of organizational performance and …

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Towards a Richer Specification of the Exploration/Exploitation Trade-off: Hidden Knowledge-based Aspects and Empirical Results for a Set of Large R&D-Performing Firms

Schubert, Torben; Neuhaeusler, Peter - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2012

international panel data set of large R&D performing firms, we can show empirically that a firm’s innovation activities affect its …

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The study of relationships between the collaboration for supply chain, supply chain capabilities and firm performance: A case of the Taiwan׳s TFT-LCD industry

Liao, Shu-Hsien; Kuo, Fang-I - In: International Journal of Production Economics 156 (2014) C, pp. 295-304

interactions and feedback mechanisms for supply chain value innovation. Value co-creation and value constellations, which serve as … innovation drivers in channel integration, are positively associated with supply chain performance. We investigated the … relationships among collaborative supply chain value innovation (CSCVI), supply chain capabilities (SCCs), and firm performance by …

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The impact of innovation activities on firm performance using a multi-stage model: Evidence from the Community Innovation Survey 4

Hashi, Iraj; Stojčić, Nebojša - In: Research Policy 42 (2013) 2, pp. 353-366

The impact of innovation on firm performance has been a matter of significant interest to economists and policy makers … for decades. Although innovation is generally regarded as a means of improving the competitiveness of firms and their … attempts to assess the drivers of the innovation process in two different institutional settings: mature market economies of …

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Three essays on serial innovator firms and geographical clustering

Libaers, Dirk - 2008

This study aims to elucidate firm and performance attributes of a population of small, elite firms that assume prominent positions in their respective technological spaces and product markets. More specifically, this study addresses the role and impact of industrial agglomeration on the location...

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