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Beyond Penrose : A Cognitive Theory of the Firm

Nooteboom, B. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2006

This paper uses a cognitive theory of firms and organizations, with a focus on learning and innovation.Here, cognition … collaboration between firms, for learning and innovation, in the combination of capabilities between rather than within the firm …

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Competition and Innovation : Pushing Productivity Up or Down?

Brouwer, Erik; van der Wiel, H.P. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2010

This paper examines the relationship between competition, innovation and productivity for the Netherlands. We use … innovation data from Community Innovation Survey with accounting data to link innovative activities with performance at the … through more innovation. Nonetheless, there exists an inverted U- curve between competition and innovation for the Netherlands …

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The Financing of Innovation : Learning and Stopping

Bergemann, D.; Hege, U. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2001

This paper considers the financing of a research project under uncertainty about the time of completion and the probability of eventual success.The uncertainty about future success gradually diminishes with the arrival of additional funding.The entrepreneur controls the funds and can divert...

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Optimal Timing of Technology Adoption

Huisman, Kuno; Kort, Peter; Farzin, Y.H. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 1996

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Density and Strength of Ties in Innovation Networks : A Competence and Governance View

Nooteboom, B.; Gilsing, V.A. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2005

Taking into account both competence and governance issues, and six dimensions of tie strength, this article argues that in networks for exploration there are good reasons, counter to the thesis of the 'strength of weak ties', for a dense structure of ties that are strong in most dimensions.By...

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Innovation, Learning and Cluster Dynamics

Nooteboom, B. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2005

This chapter offers a theory and an analytical framework for the analysis of cluster dynamics, i.e. the innovative performance and evolution of clusters.It develops three types of embedding: institutional embedding, structural embedding (network structure), and relational embedding (type and...

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A Survey of Venture Capital Research

Da Rin, Marco; Hellmann, T.; Puri, M.L. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2011

This survey reviews the growing body of academic work on venture capital. It lays out the major data sources used. It examines the work on venture capital investments in companies, looking at issues of selection, contracting, post-investment services and exits. The survey considers recent work...

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Empirical Tests of Optimal Cognitive Distance

Wuyts, S.H.K.; Colombo, M.; Dutta, S.; Nooteboom, B. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2005

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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Has the Dutch Miracle Come to an End?

van Ours, Jan - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2003

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How far do They Reach? The Localization of Industrial and Academic Knowledge Spillovers in the Netherlands

Beugelsdijk, S.; Cornet, M. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2001

proximity in innovation in the Netherlands, a small country.We find that proximity does not promote industrial knowledge …

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