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Determinants of innovation capability in small electronics and software firms in southeast England
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In this paper, the authors explored determinants of innovation capability in small UK electronics and software firms and found that the importance of R&D, the key role played by the regional science base in nurturing high-tech spin-offs, and proximity to suppliers.About:
This article is published in Research Policy.The article was published on 2002-09-01. It has received 985 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Customer relationship management.read more
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Open innovation in SMEs: Trends, motives and management challenges
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate if open innovation practices are also applied by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and explore the incidence of and apparent trend towards open innovation.
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Networking and innovation: a systematic review of the evidence
TL;DR: A systematic review of research linking the networking behavior of firms with their innovative capacity is presented in this paper, where the authors find that the principal benefits of networking as identified in the literature include, risk sharing; obtaining access to new markets and technologies; speeding products to market; pooling complementary skills; safeguarding property rights when complete or contingent contracts are not possible.
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The importance of diverse collaborative networks for the novelty of product innovation
María J. Nieto,Lluís Santamaría +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the role of different types of collaborative networks in achieving product innovations and their degree of novelty was theoretically and empirically analyzed, using data from a longitudinal sample of Spanish manufacturing firms.
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Relationship between cooperation networks and innovation performance of SMEs
TL;DR: Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper empirically explored the relationships between different cooperation networks and innovation performance of SMEs using the technique of structural equation modeling, and found that there are significant positive relationships between inter-firm cooperation, cooperation with intermediary institutions, and cooperation with research organizations.
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Lessons from Innovation Empirical Studies in the Manufacturing Sector: A Systematic Review of the Literature from 1993-2003
TL;DR: In this article, a systematic review of empirical articles published in scholarly periodicals between 1993 and 2003 on the topic of technological innovations in the manufacturing sector is presented, where the authors identify the variables that determine the innovative behavior and capacity of firms and explore how the authors of the articles approached and measured innovation.
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The competitive advantage of nations
TL;DR: The Need for a New Paradigm as discussed by the authors is the need for a new paradigm for the competitive advantage of companies in global industries, as well as the dynamics of national competitive advantage.
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Innovation and Learning: The Two Faces of R & D
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors assume that firms invest in R&D not only to generate innovations, but also to learn from competitors and extraindustry knowledge sources (e.g., university and government labs).
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National Systems of Innovation: Towards a Theory of Innovation and Interactive Learning
TL;DR: In this paper, a new approach to national systems of innovation is proposed, where the public sector is viewed as a pacer in the development of industrial networks, and the role of finance in national system of innovation.
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The sources of innovation
TL;DR: The functional source of innovation general patterns economic explanation shifting and predicting the sources of innovation innovation as a distributed process is discussed in this paper, where users as innovators are considered as the innovators.
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Patent Statistics as Economic Indicators: A Survey
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a survey on the use of patent data in economic analysis, focusing on the patent data as an indicator of technological change and concluding that patent data remain a unique resource for the study of technical change.