[PDF] Top 20 Social networks and innovation strategies in knowledge-intensive services: the case of software

... between the firm’s network configuration and its innovative activity has been addressed from two different perspectives: the firm’s propensity to innovate and its prevalent kind of ... See full document

... (quoted in Taatila et ...addresses the period before the innovation process when individuals are moving between groups exchanging knowledge, acting like a dynamic brainstorming ... See full document

... role of entrepreneurs has been mentioned in economic theory since the 18 th century (see Cantillon, 1755), but its definition was at the time wide-ranging and ...those of ... See full document

... paths of research, the sample could be increased so that the results can provide a clearer empirical view of how the variables included here relate and interact with other ... See full document

... from the model, IMPLE emerges has the most significant variable influencing ...satisfaction. The result is also in line with Bennett et ...very intensive service. However they found a ... See full document

... districts and craft industries (Sabel et ...investigating the link between informal ties and innovation, have provided the most notable examples of socially embedded industrial ... See full document

... agglomeration and competitiveness, innovation is a key input into economic growth within the current knowledge paradigm (Stough, ...Porter and Stern (2001) state that the very ... See full document

... selection of partners is designed (Nooteboom, 2008) and affected by search costs and uncertainty, raising adverse selection and moral hazard problems (Kirkels and Duysters, ... See full document

... 27 In some knowledge-intensive fields (of which biotechnology is an example) new firms are often exploiting knowledge that was directly transferred from academic ...type of ... See full document

... and Urry, in their influential ‘Economies of Signs and Space’ attempts to summarize the new culture–economy relationship under the notion of ‘reflexive accumulation’ ... See full document

... allow the company to move ahead in the market and renew itself, but it may also make the company restrict itself to what it knows how to do ...While the lat- ter perspective ... See full document

... conduct the empirical work, recently formed firms (2006 onwards) had to be dropped in order to have a sufficient gap to analyse the impact of initial networks on the current ... See full document

... on social innovation within official institutions (OECD and EU) involve the presentation of definitions: there is social innovation “whenever new mechanisms and ... See full document

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... 55 The analysis of the interviews (CEO and academic specialists), highlight the following points: (1) The defined categories, and the relations between them, were ... See full document

... about the EO construct (Coulthard, 2007) identified in past studies variations in importance of each EO ...none of the studies identified it as the most important ... See full document

... Galorath and Evan (2006) characterize algorithmic effort estimation as objective, fast and easy to ...accurate in a case of existence of historical database (Shepperd, et ...to ... See full document

... addresses the role played by research-based spin-offs (RBSOs) as knowledge dissemination mechanisms, through their position in knowledge ...purpose the paper analyses the formal ... See full document

... effects of full-time studying result from the privileges granted to students by law or ...cost of the study programme is partly or totally subsidised by the government budget, in ... See full document

... trend in the herbal tea industry that competition is becoming increasingly fierce with the expanding ...hesitation and launch innovative products with market potential. In short, ... See full document