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The link between R&D, innovation and productivity : are micro firms different?

Baumann, Julian; Kritikos, Alexander - 2016

We analyze the link between R&D, innovation, and productivity in MSMEs with a special focus on micro firms with fewer … the probability of reporting innovation, with a larger effect size for product than for process innovations. Moreover …, micro firms benefit in a comparable way from innovation processes as larger firms, as they are similarly able to increase …

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Innovation and job creation in (high-growth) new firms

Santoleri, Pietro - 2019

thanks to their ability in undertaking technological innovation, few empirical studies have explicitly addressed this issue …. This article examines the innovation-employment nexus for start-ups using the Kauffman Firm Survey (KFS), a unique … regressions indicate an overall positive but heterogeneous effect of innovation activities on the conditional employment growth …

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ICT, collaboration, and science-based innovation : evidence from BITNET

Wernsdorf, Kathrin; Nagler, Markus; Watzinger, Martin - 2020

Does access to information and communication technologies (ICT) increase innovation? We examine this question by …

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Social Network Analysis : A Practical Method to Improve Knowledge Sharing

Müller-Prothmann, Tobias - 2014

Social network analysis is a sociological paradigm to analyse structural patterns of social relationships. It provides a set of methods and measures to identify, visualise, and analyse the informal personal networks within and between organisations. Thus, social network analysis provides a...

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Wisdom of the Crowds : Decentralized Knowledge Construction in Wikipedia

Arazy, Ofer; Morgan, Wayne; Patterson, Raymond - 2013

Recently, Nature published an article comparing the quality of Wikipedia articles to those of Encyclopedia Britannica (Giles 2005). The article, which gained much public attention, provides evidence for Wikipedia quality, but does not provide an explanation of the underlying source of that...

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Understanding the Value and Transference of Tacit Knowledge in Socio-Technical Networks and Complex Systems : A Study of Simultaneous Internal and External Organizational Knowledge...

Nousala, Susu - 2011

This paper will examine the development and tracking of tacit (informal) knowledge transfer within a complex system and through the lens of scalability. The relevance of complex systems to transport is that transportation and mobility are highly complex systems. Understanding the combination of...

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Transferring Tacit Knowledge in Extended Enterprises

Nousala, Susu; Hall, William P.; John, Sabu - 2015

Organizations need to build and use knowledge to remain viable in the face of competition and change. Due to the limits of organization and the bounded rationality of individuals working within the organizations it is impossible to make all of the required knowledge accessible in explicit and...

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Knowledge Commons (2016)

Madison, Michael J.; Strandburg, Katherine J.; … - 2019

to the role(s) of intellectual property systems in institutional contexts concerning innovation and creativity. Knowledge …

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Biobanks as Knowledge Institutions

Madison, Michael J. - 2019

This chapter describes biobanks as institutions for collection, preservation, curation, and production of knowledge and information, in both material and immaterial forms. That characterization calls for research and comparative analysis of the broad diversity of specific biobanks, using a...

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Knowledge Commons (2019)

Madison, Michael J.; Frischmann, Brett M.; Strandburg, … - 2019

This chapter provides an introduction to and overview of the knowledge commons research framework. Knowledge commons refers to an institutional approach (commons) to governing the production, use, management, and/or preservation of a particular type of resource (knowledge). The research...

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