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How and why does the efficiency of regional innovation systems differ?
Fritsch, Michael - Fakultät Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Technische … - 2002
in innovation activity between regions have so far been rather unsuccessful. Using a unique data set which contains … in the efficiency of innovation activities can be found. This variation is in correspondence with a center … differences in efficiency of regional innovation systems can be explained by differences in R&D-cooperation behavior. …
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Does R&D-cooperation behavior differ between regions?
Fritsch, Michael - Fakultät Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Technische … - 2002
This paper investigates interregional differences in cooperative behavior of manufacturing establishments in the field of research and development (R&D). The empirical analysis for eleven European regions reveals a number of significant differences between these regions in the propensity to...
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Innovation for economic performance: the case of Latin American firms
Crespi, Gustavo; Arias-Ortiz, Elena; Tacsir, Ezequiel; … - In: Eurasian Business Review 4 (2014) 1, pp. 31-50
In this paper, a wide range of innovation indicators are analyzed in order to describe the innovation behavior of … Surveys define innovation rates as the share of firms introducing product and process innovations. The survey also measures … nature of the innovation process in the region. Statistics about the performance of LAC firms are provided using different …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011195688
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Innovation for economic performance: The case of Latin American firms
Arias Ortiz, Elena; Crespi, Gustavo; Tacsir, Ezequiel; … - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2013
In this paper, a wide range of innovation indicators are analysed in order to describe the innovation behaviour of … manufacturing firms in LAC using the recently released Enterprise Surveys 2010. The Enterprise Surveys define innovation rates as … understand the main characteristics of innovative firms and to gather new evidence with regard to the nature of the innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712079
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Innovation for economic performance: the case of Latin American firms
Crespi, Gustavo; Arias-Ortiz, Elena; Tacsir, Ezequiel; … - In: PharmacoEconomics 4 (2014) 1, pp. 31-50
In this paper, a wide range of innovation indicators are analyzed in order to describe the innovation behavior of … Surveys define innovation rates as the share of firms introducing product and process innovations. The survey also measures … nature of the innovation process in the region. Statistics about the performance of LAC firms are provided using different …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011001603
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Public Support to Innovation: The Colombian COLCIENCIAS' Experience
Crespi, Gustavo; Maffioli, Alessandro; Arjona, Marcela … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
This paper aims at evaluating the impacts of innovation promotion programs administrated by the Colombian Innovation … and that the main channel behind this result is product diversification (product innovation). …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010652721
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Technologietransfer durch Unternehmensgründungen: Was man tun und realistischerweise erwarten kann
Fritsch, Michael - Fakultät Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Technische … - 2004
Die Gründung eines innovativen Unternehmens stellt eine Form der kommerziellen Verwer-tung von Wissen dar. Der Beitrag gibt einen Überblick über Ausmaß von Gründungen in wis-sensintensiven bzw. innovativen Branchen und deren Entwicklung. Da die Gründung eines Unternehmens wesentlich durch...
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Public Programs, Innovation, and Firm Performance in Chile
Alvarez, Roberto; Crespi, Gustavo; Cuevas, Conrado - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
This paper evaluates the impact of two public programs, FONTEC and FONDEF, aimed at fostering innovation in Chilean …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010653084
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The Impact of an Associative Strategy (the PROFO Program) on Small and Medium Enterprises in Chile
Benavente, Jose Miguel; Crespi, Gustavo - Science and Technology Policy Research (SPRU), School … - 2003
The main objective of this article is to determine if associative strategies followed in Chile have had any impact on the enhancement of productive performance of Chilean SMEs firms. In order to do that, the estimate of the impact is approached using the benchmark given by Social Experiment but...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005766970
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The Geography of Creative People in Germany
Fritsch, Michael; Stützer, Michael - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
It has been argued that creativity is an important source of regional growth. This article investigates the geography of people in creative occupation in Germany. The population share of the creative class as well as of bohemians and artists is relatively high in larger cities, but smaller...
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