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Old is Gold? The Effects of Employee Age on Innovation and the Moderating Effects of Employment Turnover

Schubert, Torben; Andersson, Martin - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2013

There is consistent evidence in the literature that average employee age is negatively related to firm-level innovativeness. This observation has been explained by older employees working with outdated technological knowledge and being characterized by reduced cognitive flexibility. We argue...

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Institutions and Regulations in Innovation Systems: Effects, Problems and Innovation Policy Design

Borrás, Susana; Edquist, Charles - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2014

Institutions (including regulations) are constitutive elements of innovation systems, and therefore cornerstones of …

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The Technological Resilience of U.S. Cities

Balland, Pierre-Alexandre; Rigby, David; Boschma, Ron - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2014

We study the resilience of cities by analyzing their capacity to sustain the production of technology when facing adverse events. Patent applications for 366 U.S. Metropolitan Statistical Areas, spanning the period 1975 to 2002, are used to analyze the vulnerability and response of cities to...

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Institutions, Smart Specialisation Dynamics and Policy

Grillitsch, Markus - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2015

Smart specialisation features prominently in the European regional policy context. This paper discusses how the configuration of the regional institutional framework affects smart specialisation dynamics and policy. It elaborates why and how institutional diversity and integration promote...

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Multiple Paths of Development: Knowledge Bases and Institutional Characteristics of the Swedish Food Sector

Zukauskaite, Elena; Moodysson, Jerker - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2013

, focusing on the relation between institutions and innovation practices and taking into account the diversity of actors …

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Organizational Change within Medical Research in Sweden: On the Role of the Individuals and Institutions

Zukauskaite, Elena - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2013

types of institutions at different geographical levels, as well as what characteristics of the key individuals are important … in enacting institutional opportunities and overcoming hindrances. The paper reveals the complexity of institutions … influencing change processes. First, the relations between institutions can be complementary, reinforcing or contradicting …

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Authenticity renewal – institutions, innovation systems, and Cognac evolution (when the rules of the game don’t change)

Moodysson, Jerker; Sack, Lionel - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2013

This paper draws on observations from a long-established network in France, located around the town of Cognac – site of distilled beverages with the same name. Firms within this network have been successful in developing new types of products in the past decades, drawing on and diverging from...

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Local Competitiveness fostered through Local Institutions for Entrepreneurship

Andersson, Martin; Henrekson, Magnus - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2014

basic premise is that entrepreneurship is a central driver of economic renewal and change, and that institutions affect both … the supply and direction of entrepreneurship. While local institutions always develop and operate against the backdrop of … and stringency of enforcement) and informal (e.g., attitudes and social legitimacy) institutions. We further argue that …

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Towards an evolutionary perspective on regional resilience

Boschma, Ron - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2014

This paper proposes an evolutionary perspective on regional resilience. We conceptualize resilience not just as the ability of a region to accommodate shocks, but we extend it to the long-term ability of regions to develop new growth paths. We propose a comprehensive view on regional resilience,...

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Explaining Cluster Evolution from an Institutional Point of View: Evidence from a French Beverage Cluster

Moodysson, Jerker; Sack, Lionel - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2014

dimension of institutions within the cluster, whereas more radical change processes require a wider set of preconditions, of …

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