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Incentives And Innovation? R&D Management In Germany~s High-Tech Industries During The Second Industrial Revolution
October 1, 2008 12:00am PDT
The allocation of intellectual property rights between firms and employed researchers causes a principal-agent problem between the two parties. The authors investigate the working contracts of...
Provided by: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods
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White Papers
Bigger Is Better: Market Size, Demand Elasticity And Innovation
October 1, 2008 12:00am PDT
This paper proposes a novel mechanism whereby larger markets increase competition and facilitate process innovation. Larger markets, in the sense of more people or more open trade, support a...
Provided by: IMDEA
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White Papers
Mountains In A Flat World: Why Proximity Still Matters For The Location Of Economic Activity
October 1, 2008 12:00am PDT
Thomas Friedman (2005) argues that the expansion of trade, the internationalization of firms, the galloping process of outsourcing, and the possibility of networking is creating a 'Flat world': a...
Provided by: IMDEA
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Motivation And Sorting In Open Source Software Innovation
October 1, 2008 12:00am PDT
This paper studies the role of intrinsic motivation, reputation and reciprocity in driving open source software innovation. The authors exploit the observed pattern of contributions - the...
Provided by: Centre for Economic Performance
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White Papers
Financing Constraints And A Firm's Decision And Ability To Innovate: Establishing Direct And Reverse Effects
October 1, 2008 12:00am PDT
The paper analyzes the existence and impact of financing constraints as a possibly serious obstacle to innovation by firms. Direct measures of financing constraints are employed using survey data...
Provided by: University of Toulouse
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White Papers
Do The Innovations In A Monetary VAR Have Finite Variances?
October 1, 2008 12:00am PDT
Since Christopher Sims's "Macroeconomics and Reality" (1980), macroeconomists have used structural VARs, or Vector AutoRegressions, for policy analysis. Constructing the impulse-response functions...
Provided by: Levy Economics Institute
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Case Studies
FedEx Improves Customer Experience With Integrated Mapping and Location Data
October 1, 2008 12:00am PDT
Off late, FedEx, a leading shipping and printing services corporation, wanted to develop a more innovative online store locator to improve customer experience. Its existing application delivered...
Provided by: Microsoft
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Case Studies
Motorcycle Magazine Creates Web Site With Interactive, Navigable Routes and Maps
October 1, 2008 12:00am PDT
The Italian publisher Leditore publishes five magazines, including EuroMoto, a monthly motorcycle magazine offering high-quality graphics, in-depth content, detailed product tests, and a complete...
Provided by: Microsoft
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Case Studies
Indosat Meets SOX Compliance With Integrated Identity Management System
October 1, 2008 12:00am PDT
Indosat wanted to implement an identity management solution to minimize the risk arising from unauthorized system access and demonstrate compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley legislation by ensuring...
Provided by: Oracle
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Case Studies
Golden Concord Fuels Expansion Plans With New Enterprise Systems
October 1, 2008 12:00am PDT
The growth of Golden Concord Holdings Ltd is not only increasing demand for environmentally friendly and renewable energies, but also promoting infrastructure construction and technological...
Provided by: Oracle
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White Papers
Energy-Constrained Distortion Reduction Optimization for Wavelet-Based Coded Image Transmission in Wireless Sensor Networks
October 1, 2008 12:00am PDT
Image transmissions in Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks (WMSNs) are often energy constrained. They also have requirement on distortion minimization, which may be achieved through Unequal Error...
Provided by: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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Whitepapers
The Enterprise Of The Future: Implications For The Workforce
October 1, 2008 12:00am PDT
According to interviews with over 1,100 leaders from around the globe, the Enterprise of the Future will need to be hungry for change and disruptive by nature, innovative beyond customer...
Provided by: IBM
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Driving Process Excellence In Enterprise Learning Through A Capability Maturity Model Integration
October 1, 2008 12:00am PDT
An important development in enterprise learning, especially over the past half decade, has been a maturing ability to link learning investments to business results. One natural step in this...
Provided by: Accenture
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Innovation In Manufacturing - Driving Greater Returns, Predictable Outcomes And Market Leadership
October 1, 2008 12:00am PDT
Innovation is more vital than ever to the success of manufacturing. More and more companies are using the practice as a focal point, or catalyst, for dramatically improving performance and in some...
Provided by: Accenture
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Case Studies
Hospital Boosts Patient Quality of Service, Legal Compliance With Mobile Solution
October 1, 2008 12:00am PDT
Fundacio Salut Emporda, a small hospital in Spain, needed to better manage its patient consent forms and comply with a government mandate to digitize its records. Using Windows Mobile 6, PDAs, and...
Provided by: Microsoft
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Case Studies
Supply Chain Provider Saves $227,000 and 15,600 Labor Hours in Less Than a Year
October 1, 2008 12:00am PDT
Yobel Supply Chain Management, based in Lima, Peru, provides customers in Latin America and the United States with supply chain planning, sourcing, manufacturing, and logistics. With growing...
Provided by: Microsoft
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White Papers
Assessing Innovation Metrics: Assessing Innovation Metrics
October 1, 2008 12:00am PDT
A recent McKinsey Global Survey shows that companies are satisfied, overall, with their use of metrics to assess innovation portfolios - though many findings suggest that they shouldn't be. The...
Provided by: McKinsey & Company
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Webcasts
Managing Tomorrow Today - HCM For The 21st Century
October 1, 2008 12:00am PDT
What do Amazon, USA Today, Avon Cosmetics, the San Francisco 49ers and McDonalds have in common? They are all examples of companies which spawned new and innovative ideas that transformed an...
Provided by: SuccessFactors
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Case Studies
Credit Card Company Cuts 250 Servers With Virtual Datacenter and Improves Performance
October 1, 2008 12:00am PDT
Leumi Card is one of Israel's leading consumer and corporate credit card providers. It also offers issuing and clearing services, loans, flexible payment, and credit solutions. Leumi Card has more...
Provided by: Microsoft
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Downloads
LMD-Tools Special Edition (C Builder 2006) 9.0 (Windows)
October 1, 2008 12:00am PDT
Boost your productivity!Discover the most extensive and powerful productivity set available! Whatever you want to develop, LMD-Tools is the real thing. This toolbox provides easy-to-use components...
Provided by: LMD Innovative
