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on Economics of Strategic Management |
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Issue of 2011‒02‒12
eight papers chosen by Joao Jose de Matos Ferreira University of the Beira Interior |
| By: | Jackie Krafft (GREDEG - Groupe de Recherche en Droit, Economie et Gestion - CNRS : UMR6227 - Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis); Francesco Quatraro (GREDEG - Groupe de Recherche en Droit, Economie et Gestion - CNRS : UMR6227 - Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis, Department of Economics, University of Turin - University of Turin); Pier-Paolo Saviotti (GREDEG - Groupe de Recherche en Droit, Economie et Gestion - CNRS : UMR6227 - Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis, GAEL - Grenoble Applied Economic laboratory - Aucune) |
| Abstract: | This paper applies the methodological tools typical of social network analysis (SNA) within an evolutionary framework, to investigate the knowledge base dynamics of the biotechnology sector. Knowledge is here considered a collective good represented as a co-relational and a retrieval-interpretative structure. The internal structure of knowledge is described as a network the nodes of which are small units within traces of knowledge, such as patent documents, connected by links determined by their joint utilisation. We used measures referring to the network, like density, and to its nodes, like degree, closeness and betweenness centrality, to provide a synthetic description of the structure of the knowledge base and of its evolution over time. Eventually, we compared such measures with more established properties of the knowledge base calculated on the basis of co-occurrences of technological classes within patent documents. Empirical results show the existence of interesting and meaningful relationships across the different measures, providing support for the use of SNA to study the evolution of the knowledge bases of industrial sectors and their lifecycles. |
| Keywords: | Knowledge Base, Social Network Analysis, Variety, Coherence, Industry lifecycles; exploration/exploitation |
| Date: | 2011 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-00539002&r=cse |
| By: | Ovsyanko, Dmitry V. |
| Keywords: | total quality management, strategic management, strategic role of the quality management systems, using elements and tools of the quality management in the strategic management processes, |
| Date: | 2010 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:sps:wpaper:179&r=cse |
| By: | Serova, Elena G. |
| Abstract: | Paper presented at the 5th European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (ECIE 2010), September 16-17, Athens, Greece. |
| Date: | 2010 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:sps:cpaper:173&r=cse |
| By: | Block, Joern; Spiegel, Frank |
| Abstract: | Family firms are important not only for a region but for the economy as a whole. In particular, the long-term orientation and the local embeddedness of family firms suggest a positive effect on regional innovation activity. Yet, despite the widely acknowledged importance of family firms for the economy, little research exists on this issue. This paper analyses the effect of family firms on regional innovation. Using a dataset of 326 German regions, our regressions show that regions with a higher share of family firms also show higher levels of innovation activity, as measured by the number of successful patent applications. The implications of these findings for policy and research are discussed. |
| Keywords: | innovation; family firms; geography; Mittelstand; patents |
| JEL: | L26 O3 |
| Date: | 2011–02–04 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:pra:mprapa:28604&r=cse |
| By: | Minina, Vera N.; Krupskaya, Anastasia U. |
| Abstract: | Paper for 11th International Conference on Human Resource Development Research and Practice across Europe. Pecs, Hungary, June 2-4, 2010. |
| Keywords: | knowledge-intensive firm, human capital, human capital, Human Resource Development, Human Capital Management, Core Employee Profile, abilities, |
| Date: | 2010 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:sps:cpaper:164&r=cse |
| By: | Michael Fritsch (School of Economics and Business Administration, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena) |
| Abstract: | This paper reviews the current state of knowledge about the effect of new business formation on regional development. After a brief sketch of the origins of research on this issue, the main results of different lines of inquiry are discussed. Main issues are the development of start-up cohorts, the relative magnitude of direct and indirect effects, and results by type of entry and by industry, as well as differences in the effects that have been found for different types of regions. After interpreting the results based on a common framework, I put forward a number of important questions for further research and draw some conclusions for entrepreneurship policy. |
| Keywords: | Entrepreneurship, new business formation, employment, regional development |
| JEL: | L26 M13 O1 O18 R11 |
| Date: | 2011–02–02 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:jrp:jrpwrp:2011-006&r=cse |
| By: | Gerrit de Wit; Mercedes Teruel |
| Abstract: | High-growth firms have been shown to be a key factor for economic growth and structural change. This paper analyses the determinants of the number of highgrowth firms in a country for 17 OECD countries between 1999 and 2005, using the Amadeus data set, the GEM data set, and others. The first contribution of this paper is that it is - as far as we know - the first empirical analysis of highgrowth firms at the country level on the basis of actual measured growth. Second, we find indicative empirical evidence for three driving forces of high growth, viz. entrepreneurship, institutional settings, and opportunities for growth, all in accordance with theory and empirical findings in related fields of research. Third, the paper gives a tentative explanation of the differences in the average percentage of high-growth firms between countries. Finally, the paper gives some clues for policy makers how to promote high-growth firms. |
| Date: | 2011–01–31 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:eim:papers:h201107&r=cse |
| By: | Florian Mayneris (CORE) |
| Abstract: | This paper investigates theoretically and empirically the endogenous investment decision of firms conditioning on export decision. It shows that theoretically, whatever the form of preferences, firms that start exporting invest more and grow more than the others. However, it is shown that when preferences are CES, within each category of firms (domestic and switchers), initial productivity and investment are strategic complements, inducing intra-industrial divergence. On the contrary, when preferences are quadratic, initial productivity and investment are strategic substitutes: less productive firms invest more and grow more than the others, inducing intra-industrial convergence. Empirical results on French data support the predictions of the quadratic preferences model. |
| Keywords: | Export Decision, Investment, Firm Heterogeneity |
| JEL: | D21 D24 F12 |
| Date: | 2010–12 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:fem:femwpa:2010.153&r=cse |