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Mobility and innovation: A cross-country comparison in the video games industry
Storz, Cornelia; Riboldazzi, Federico; John, Moritz - In: Research Policy 44 (2015) 1, pp. 121-137
Open labour markets are often seen as a precondition for innovation, particularly for new industries. However, this … characterised by incremental and complex innovation. Based on these considerations, we ask how mobility affects innovation in the … video games industry in the US and Japan. We find that inter-firm mobility is beneficial for innovation in the US, but has …
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From knowledge to added value: A comparative, panel-data analysis of the innovation value chain in Irish and Swiss manufacturing firms
Roper, Stephen; Arvanitis, Spyros - In: Research Policy 41 (2012) 6, pp. 1093-1106
The innovation value chain (IVC) divides the innovation process into three separate links or activities: knowledge … Ireland and Switzerland. Both economies are small, very open and depend significantly on innovation to maintain competitive … advantage. In recent years, however, R&D and innovation growth in Ireland has been markedly stronger than that in Switzerland …
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Multinational subsidiary knowledge protection—Do mandates and clusters matter?
Sofka, Wolfgang; Shehu, Edlira; de Faria, Pedro - In: Research Policy 43 (2014) 8, pp. 1320-1333
International knowledge spillovers, especially through multinational companies (MNCs), have recently been a major topic of academic and management debate. However, most studies treat MNC subsidiaries as relatively passive actors. We challenge this assumption by investigating the drivers of...
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On the patterns and determinants of the global diffusion of new technologies
Pulkki-Brännström, Anni-Maria; Stoneman, Paul - In: Research Policy 42 (2013) 10, pp. 1768-1779
Taking a largely empirical approach this paper addresses the global spread of new technologies by defining two diffusion margins – the extensive, referring to the spreading of first use across economies and the intensive, referring to the intensity of use within economies. Using data relating...
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Patent trolls on markets for technology – An empirical analysis of NPEs’ patent acquisitions
Fischer, Timo; Henkel, Joachim - In: Research Policy 41 (2012) 9, pp. 1519-1533
Patent trolls, or NPEs, appropriate profits from innovation solely by enforcing patents against infringers. They are …’ patent acquisitions. We draw on a unique dataset of 392 U.S. patents acquired by known NPEs between 1997 and 2006, which we … traded patent is acquired by an NPE rather than a practicing entity increases in the scope of the patent, in the patent …
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Spatial collocation and venture capital in the US biotechnology industry
Kolympiris, Christos; Kalaitzandonakes, Nicholas; … - In: Research Policy 40 (2011) 9, pp. 1188-1199
Biotechnology firms operate in a high-risk and high-reward environment and are in a constant race to secure venture capital (VC) funds. Previous contributions to the literature show that the VC firms tend to invest locally in order to monitor their investments and to provide operating assistance...
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Publicly funded business advisory services and entrepreneurial outcomes
Cumming, Douglas J.; Fischer, Eileen - In: Research Policy 41 (2012) 2, pp. 467-481
on sales growth, innovation, finance and alliances. We find services are positively associated with firms’ sales growth …
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The global crisis and firms’ investments in innovation
Paunov, Caroline - In: Research Policy 41 (2012) 1, pp. 24-35
The longer term impact of the global crisis depends on how business innovation capacities were affected. Understanding …–2009. We find the crisis led many firms to stop ongoing innovation projects. Probit regression results show that firms with …
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Is environmental innovation embedded within high-performance organisational changes? The role of human resource management and complementarity in green business strategies
Antonioli, Davide; Mancinelli, Susanna; Mazzanti, … - In: Research Policy 42 (2013) 4, pp. 975-988
This paper investigates whether firms’ joint implementation of organisational innovation and training may foster their … adoption of environmental innovation (EI), and if this correlation falls within Porter Hypothesis (PH) framework. We study the … the adoption of all environmental innovation indeed does not come as a surprise. At this stage in the development of green …
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The dynamics of national innovation systems: A panel cointegration analysis of the coevolution between innovative capability and absorptive capacity
Castellacci, Fulvio; Natera, Jose Miguel - In: Research Policy 42 (2013) 3, pp. 579-594
This paper investigates the idea that the dynamics of national innovation systems is driven by the coevolution of two … variables. The results indicate that the dynamics of national systems of innovation is driven by the coevolution of three …
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