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Empirical Tests Of Optimal Cognitive Distance

Nooteboom, Bart; Wuyts, Wuyts, S.H.K.; Colombo, … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2004

This article provides empirical tests of the hypothesis of ‘optimal cognitive distance’, proposed by Nooteboom (1999, 2000), in two distinct empirical settings. Variety of cognition, needed for learning, has two dimensions: the number of agents with different cognition, and differences in...

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Absorptive Capacity: Antecedents, Models and Outcomes

Van Den Bosch, Frans A J; van Wijk, van Wijk, R.A.J.L.; … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2003

This chapter focuses on the gap between the speed of proliferation of theoretical and empirical contributions and the speed of accumulation of the acquired scientific knowledge regarding absorptive capacity. To contribute to narrowing this gap, we will in particular review the conceptual...

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The Process of New Service Development: issues of formilization and appropriability

Dolfsma, Wilfred - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2004

Services form an important part of the economy today. Innovation for service firms is as important as for manufacturing …, but the innovation process for service firms is comparatively little studied. In this paper, I review the literature there … is on the innovation process for service firms, and make two suggestions for formalizing that process. The common thought …

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Intra-Firm Adoption Decisions

van Everdingen, van Everdingen, Y.M.; Wierenga, Wierenga, B. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2001

) variables specifically relevant for intra-firm analyses of innovation acceptance. The hypotheses are tested using data from …

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Learning And Governance In Inter-Firm Relations

Nooteboom, Bart - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2004

This article connects theory of learning with theory of governance, in the context of inter-firm relations. It recognizes fundamental criticism of transaction cost economics (TCE), but preserves elements from that theory. Two kinds of relational risk are identified: hold-up and spillover risk....

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The Mediating Effect of NPD-Activities and NPD-Performance on the Relationship between Market Orientation and Organizational Performance

Langerak, Langerak, F.; Hultink, Hultink, E.J.; Robben, … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2000

Empirical research has demonstrated that a market orientation has in general a positive effect on organizational performance. The potential benefits of a market orientation have, however, not been realized because academics and practitioners do not yet understand the modus operandi that...

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New Product Announcements as Market Signals. A content analysis in the DRAM chip industry

Popma, Popma, W.T.; Waarts, Waarts, E.; Wierenga, … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2003

New-product announcements (NPAs) have considerable effects on competitors in industrial markets. Several studies have shown that the perceived threat caused by an NPA may trigger severe competitive reactions. Yet it is still unclear how the perception of threat by competitors is related to the...

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The Bright Side and Dark Side of Embedded Ties In Business-to-Business Innovation

dellaert, benedict g.c.; Noordhoff, Noordhoff, C.S.; … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2011

While the number and importance of joint innovation projects between suppliers and their customers continue to rise …, the literature has yet to resolve a key question—do embedded ties with customers help or hurt supplier innovation? Drawing … innovation knowledge to influence supplier innovation. In a sample of 157 Dutch business-to-business innovation relationships, we …

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Organisational Learning And Multinational Strategy

Nooteboom, Bart - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2004

Increasingly, it has been recognised that in their process of internationalisation multinationals may learn. They may take a strategy not only of exploitation, to leverage existing assets, competencies and products, built up in their home countries, but also, and perhaps even primarily, of...

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Emergence of Innovation Networks from R&D Cooperation with Endogenous Absorptive Capacity

Savin, Ivan; Egbetokun, Abiodun - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

This paper extends the existing literature on strategic R&D alliances by presenting a model of innovation networks with … intensity of cooperation and innovation. Within different knowledge regimes, we examine the structure of networks that emerge …

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