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As a first step towards understanding the evolution of small groups in firms, this paper develops and tests a simple decision-theoretical model of research-unit evolution in which, as managers resolve their uncertainty over time, they shut down under-performing units and remove under-performing...
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In this paper we analyse the decision of firms in the Canadian manufacturing sector to co-operate on innovation … innovation activities, which influence the motives for innovation co-operation. Using data from the Canadian Survey of Innovation …
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Technological standards give rise to a complements problem that affects pricing and innovation incentives of technology …
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Technological standards give rise to a complements problem that affects pricing and innovation incentives of technology …
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Cooperation can benefit and hurt firms at the same time. An important question then is: when is it better to cooperate. And how can an appropriate partner be selected? In this paper we present a model of inter-firm cooperation driven by cognitive distance, appropriability conditions and external...
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The research project KompNet 2011 - Factors determining the success of regional innovation networks, funded by the … partners in innovation projects, nevertheless in-house development is the most important form of creating innovative products … intensity, are very important for the innovation success. Tacit and codified transfer channels are equally important for the …
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We examine how collaborator loss affects knowledge workers in corporate R&D. We argue that such a loss affects the remaining collaborators not only by reducing their team-specific capital (as argued in the prior literature) but also by increasing their bargaining power over the employer, who is...
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