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Industrial dynamics and innovative pressure on energy - Sweden with European and Global outlooks

Kander, Astrid; Schön, Lennart - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2007

The focus in this paper is on industrial dynamics and its impact on energy systems.. We highlight some fundamental patterns of this long-term dynamics, using the Dahmenian concept ‘development blocks’, with ‘market widening’ and ‘market suction’, and discuss the implications for...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005022197

Industrial dynamics and innovative pressure on energy - Sweden with European and Global outlooks

Schön, Lennart; Kander, Astrid - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2007

The focus in this paper is on industrial dynamics and its impact on energy systems. We highlight some fundamental patterns of this long-term dynamics, using the Dahmenian concept ‘development blocks’, with ‘market widening’ and ‘market suction’, and discuss the implications for...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008764037

In Defense of Electricity as a General Purpose Technology

Kander, Astrid; Schön, Lennart; Enflo, Kerstin - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2007

Electricity has been regarded as a typical example of a general purpose technology and important for the surge both in energy productivity and overall productivity in the American economy in the 1920s. This view was challenged by Nicholas and Moser (2004) based on patent statistics. We argue...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005148507

Development blocks and the second industrial revolution Sweden 1900-1970

Kander, Astrid; Schön, Lennart; Enflo, Kerstin - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2006

The paper explores development blocks around electrification at a 14 sector level in the Swedish economy 1900-1974. We suggest that long-run cointegration relations in combination with mutually Granger-causing short-run effects form a development block. One block centred on electricity that...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005148508

Board control and corporate innovation: an empirical study of small technology-based firms

Gabrielsson, Jonas; Politis, Diamanto - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2006

corporate innovation in small technology-based firms. An analysis of 135 Swedish technology-based firms suggests that board … involvement in decision control may influence corporate innovation. The empirical results show that board involvement in strategic … decision control is positively associated with process innovation, while board involvement in financial decision control is …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005077257

University professors and research commercialization: An empirical test of the “knowledge corridor” thesis

Gabrielsson, Jonas; Politis, Diamanto; Tell, Joakim - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2009

There has been an increasing interest in the determinants and outcomes of successful technology transfer and commercialization of research results. In this study we test the validity of the “knowledge corridor” thesis for explaining the involvement of university professors’ in the early...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005077259

Electrification and energy productivity

Enflo, Kerstin; Kander, Astrid; Schön, Lennart - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2008

Efficiency in energy use is crucial for sustainable development. We use cointegration analyses to investigate the effect of electricity on energy productivity in Swedish industry 1930-1990. Electricity augmented energy productivity in those industrial branches that used electricity for multiple...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005077281

Informal investors and value added: The contribution of investors experientially acquired resources in the entrepreneurial process

Gabrielsson, Jonas; Politis, Diamanto - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2006

This study explores the value added contribution of informal investors in the entrepreneurial process, something that up to date has received very limited attention. By analyzing the life experience and career background of four informal investors the study examines the personal resources these...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005022191

Informal investors and value added: what do we know and where do we go?.

Gabrielsson, Jonas; Politis, Diamanto - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2006

Informal investors have been highlighted as important stakeholders for potential high-growth ventures. Extant empirical research provides evidence that they contribute not only with money but also bring added value in terms of providing their skills and experience to support the continued...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005022196