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Bruce Tether
Researcher at University of Manchester
Publications - 77
Citations - 6379
Bruce Tether is an academic researcher from University of Manchester. The author has contributed to research in topics: Service (business) & Innovation management. The author has an hindex of 28, co-authored 77 publications receiving 6058 citations. Previous affiliations of Bruce Tether include University of Cambridge & University of Sussex.
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Who co-operates for innovation, and why: An empirical analysis
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the response to the UK's version of the second European community innovation survey (CIS-2) to investigate the patterns of co-operation between innovating firms and external partners.
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Do Services Innovate (Differently)? Insights from the European Innobarometer Survey
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined whether and how services innovate and found that services tend to innovate differently from manufacturers, or at least that innovation in services brings to the fore "softer" aspects of innovation based in skills and interorganisational cooperation practices which are pervasive across the economy but which do not tend to be prominent amongst manufacturers, and are therefore neglected.
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Beyond industry–university links: Sourcing knowledge for innovation from consultants, private research organisations and the public science-base
Bruce Tether,Abdelouahid Tajar +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the use of specialist knowledge providers as sources of information in the innovation activities of manufacturing and service firms and find that they are more likely to be engaged by firms with more open approaches to innovation, those with high levels of absorptive capacity, those having greater social capital and networking capabilities, as well as by those with deeper commitments to innovation.
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New technology-based firms in the European union: an introduction
David Storey,Bruce Tether +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors introduce the Special Issue on New Technology-Based Firms in Europe, which summarizes the role of smaller firms in the development of Europe's high technology sectors and discusses the characteristics of European NTBFs and their founders.
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Public policy measures to support new technology-based firms in the european union
David Storey,Bruce Tether +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a review of public policy measures implemented in EU countries to support New Technology-Based Firms (NTBFs) during the 1980s and early 1990s is presented.