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Innovative nascent entrepreneurs face the problem of obtaining finance, mainly due to information problems. We use new data on capital seeking start-ups allowing distinction between planning stage and early stage. Being innovative does not affect the probability of having external finance in the...
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It has been demonstrated that users occasionally innovate. However, it can now be observed that even end-consumers act as a source novel product designs. A case study of a firm, and “its” consumers - from the computer games industry - illustrates how sourcing of consumer knowledge has...
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Evolutionary theories of technological change and industrial dynamics give primary importance to interaction between heterogeneous agents, endowed with complementary assets and competencies. Accordingly, support to co-operative R&D is central to technology policy, as a mean for increasing system...
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performance of innovation studies units with business and management schools in the UK. Using various mappings and metrics, this … study shows that: (i) innovation studies units are consistently more interdisciplinary than business and management schools …
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We propose a model where both R&D and ICT investment feed into a system of three innovation output equations (product …, process and organizational innovation), which ultimately feeds into a productivity equation. We find that ICT investment and … usage are important drivers of innovation in both manufacturing and services. Doing more R&D has a positive effect on …
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innovation in the process of value creation from ES investments. Empirical data on the adoption of Enterprise Resource Planning … Document Management System (DMS) is used to investigate the effects on product and process innovation, revenue, productivity … show that all ES categories significantly increase the likelihood of product and process innovation. Most of ES categories …
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’s likelihood of introducing an innovation. The analysis draws on data from a recent innovation survey. This data is merged with a … non-significant effects of the different employee characteristics on the likelihood of introducing an innovation. …
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organisation and innovation affect Japanese and US MNEs' global R&D networks and transnational learning, based on case studies of … innovation networks because the liberal institutional environment within which US MNEs have developed enables them to extend …
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This study investigates how the selection environment and modularity affect innovation in private infrastructure … innovations. An innovation succeeds contingent upon the capability of the stakeholder groups to develop collectively a plan to … finance and implement the innovation, which reconciles subjective individual assessments. Innovations can be particularly hard …
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skilled graduates in small, know-how-based firms can be instrumental in spurring innovation and upgrading changes in the firms … qualifications that can contribute positively. Graduates with other academic qualifications also hold potential for innovation and …
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