Showing 1 - 10 of 27
Although the literature converges regarding the reasons why and how networks of technology alliances are formed, there is still lack of agreement on what constitutes an optimal network structure, once it has been formed. The aim of this paper is to fill this void and to determine what...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856301
This paper undertakes a critical review of existing spillover analyses and proposes a unique analytical framework for examining technological spillovers in a manufacturing industry setting. The proposed framework overlaps three different literature strands; cluster and network dynamics,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856329
Translating R&D and inventive efforts into a market product is characterized by significant financial skills, and the ability to overcome technical and instititonal barriers. Research into and translation of new technologies such as biotechnology products to the market requires even greater...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712041
This paper investigates the influence of human resource management on learning from internal and external sources of … knowledge. Learning for innovation is a key ingredient of catching-up processes. The analysis builds on survey data about … performance are conducive to learning for innovation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712046
We study the convergence properties of learning in social and economic networks. We characterize the effect of network … result is that the most efficient network topologies for faster convergence or learning are those where agents belong to … hence slow learning. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712123
Conventional wisdom suggests to the fact that poor countries are unlikely to be host to a “high-technology” sector and doing so within the organization of small and medium enterprises. This paper examines an unusual phenomenon of industrial organization in an African setting; the emergence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712127
different contexts, it introduces the idea of a System of Learning Innovation in Development (SLID) that emphasizes individual …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712342
The study presented in this paper describes preliminary findings on changes in the adoption of different learning … firms with regards to learning, and focuses on changes in learning trends owing to different market conditions brought about … important associations between different kinds of learning mechanisms adopted by firms and their own critical characteristics …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712361
Using field level data collected in Nigeria in 2003-2004, this paper examines the possibilities for learning through …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712371
. Second, climbing the technological ladder requires skills upgrading through explicit learning of the new technologies. Third …, firm performance is highly associated with learning capabilities, levels of technology, and a host of firm-level knowledge …, skills and experience. The study found that across countries and sectors, non-formal learning is the dominant form of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712374