development of these countries. This paper aims to show the differences in innovation patterns among manufacturing firms operating … into account innovation inputs, cooperation among firms in R&D activities, the benefits of cooperation with business … partners, innovation outputs and international competitiveness. The sample consisted of 358 firms operating in both low and …

This paper investigates the barriers to innovation perceived by Polish manufacturing firms. It refers to the … heterogeneity of innovation active firms. We introduce a taxonomy of innovative firms based on the frequency with which they … introduce commercialised innovations using data from both CIS4 (for 2002-2004) and CIS5 (2004-2006). Two groups of innovation …

This paper uses obstacles to innovation to investigate the heterogeneity of Polish innovating firms. Based on the … distinguishes between two groups of innovating firms: those which introduced innovation in both periods covered by both CIS (called … persistent innovators) and those which introduced innovation either in CIS4 or CIS5 (occasional innovators). Two steps analysis …

(Woodward et al., 2012), this working paper presents an analysis of two Sectoral Innovation Systems (Malerba, 2002) in the …

Innovation System, and then focus on KIE itself. Our findings are perhaps more optimistic than many previous studies of knowledge … which universities are playing a significant role as partners for firms in the innovation process has increased … significantly; moreover, we observe a significant degree of internationalization of innovation-related cooperation. Another …

regulatory capital and subsequent merger activity, including organization and time fixed effects, while the second test employs a … " difference in difference" analysis of the change in merger activity that occurred the last time U.S. regulatory capital standards …

The paper shows that the standing of theory in the field of mergers and acquisitions is weak for at least three reasons … different variants of capitalism. - -Economic Growth, Institutions, Mergers and Acquisitions, the Resource Based View, Variants …

This paper aims at providing a complete picture of banking mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in Europe during the 1990s …, including domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, the impact on profitability is insignificant, but a clear trend to …). We find that domestic mergers contribute to cut costs for both partners, whereas, for the majority of cases studies …