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Patent costs and the value of inventions : explaining patenting behaviour between England, Ireland and Scotland, 1617-1852
Billington, Stephen D. - 2018
Ascertaining whether patents encourage invention necessitates understanding the incentives inventors respond to. The British patent system prior to its reform in 1852 was cumbersome and expensive. Whether it facilitated or delayed the Industrial Revolution is hotly debated. This paper's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011904938
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The Value of Design Strategies for New Product Development : Some Econometric Evidence
Roper, Stephen; Love, James H.; Vahter, Priit - 2012
Investments in design play a potentially significant role in new product development (NPD) although there is little unanimity on the most appropriate or effective design strategy. Previous case-study based studies have identified three alternative design strategies for NPD: design used as a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014041552
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THE VALUE OF DESIGN STRATEGIES FOR NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT: SOME ECONOMETRIC EVIDENCE
Roper, Stephen; Love, James H; Vahter, Priit - Majandusteaduskond, Tartu Ülikool - 2012
Investments in design play a potentially significant role in new product development (NPD) although there is little unanimity on the most appropriate or effective design strategy. Previous case-study based studies have identified three alternative design strategies for NPD: design used as a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010761752
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Service Innovation, Embeddedness and Business Performance: Evidence from Northern Ireland
Love, James; Roper, Stephen; Hewitt-Dundas, Nola - In: Regional Studies 44 (2010) 8, pp. 983-1004
Love J. H., Roper S. and Hewitt-Dundas N. Service innovation, embeddedness and business performance: evidence from … Northern Ireland, Regional Studies. This paper explores the factors that determine innovation by service firms, and in … particular the contribution of intra- and extra-regional connectivity. Subsequently, it is examined how service firms' innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008674863
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010576708
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Openness and innovation - home and export demand effects on manufacturing innovation: Panel data evidence for Ireland and Switzerland
Woerter, Martin; Roper, Stephen - 2008
Recent studies in the tradition of Schmookler have re-emphasised the potential role of demand in stimulating innovation …. Here, we reconsider the role of home and export market demand in stimulating manufacturing innovation using comparable … innovation production functions using panel data estimators over the sample period 1994 to 2005. For a range of innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285803
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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 - 2009
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285823
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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 - KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Department of Management, … - 2009
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008469686
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Openness and Innovation - Home and Export Demand Effects on Manufacturing Innovation: Panel Data Evidence for Ireland and Switzerland
Woerter, Martin; Roper, Stephen - KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Department of Management, … - 2008
Recent studies in the tradition of Schmookler have re-emphasised the potential role of demand in stimulating innovation …. Here, we reconsider the role of ‘home’ and ‘export’ market demand in stimulating manufacturing innovation using comparable … innovation production functions using panel data estimators over the sample period 1994 to 2005. For a range of innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005731459
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Innovation, Ownership and Profitability
Love, James H.; Roper, Stephen; Du, Jun - DRUID, Copenhagen Business School, Department of … - 2007
This paper considers the relationship between innovation, ownership and profitability for a panel of manufacturing … the link between innovation and profits separately for innovators and non-innovators, and for indigenous innovators and … non-innovators and externally-owned plants. We also consider the determinants of innovation over the distribution of plant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005627305