In: Competitiveness Review, 2015, vol. 25, no. 3, p. 324-340
Purpose – This paper aims to focus on the role of clusters as home and host country- specific advantages for multinational enterprises (“MNEs”) in the organization of their internal and external networks to optimize the diffusion and generation of new knowledge. Strategic asset-seeking investment has been a major driver of the internalization of innovation activities performed by MNEs...
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In: Journal of International Entrepreneurship, 2015, vol. 13, no. 2, p. 138-152
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In: Environmental and Resource Economics, 2015, vol. 62, no. 3, p. 457-479
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In: The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 2018, vol. 34, no. 2, p. 162-195
We design two laboratory experiments to analyze the causal effects of competition on step-by-step innovation. Innovations result from costly R&D investments and move technology up one step. Competition is inversely measured by the ex post rents for firms that operate at the same technological level, i.e. for neck-and-neck firms. First, we find that increased competition leads to a significant...
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In: Games and Economic Behavior, 2014, vol. 83, p. 1-23
Recent field evidence suggests a positive link between overconfidence and innovative activities. In this paper we argue that the connection between overconfidence and innovation is more complex than the previous literature suggests. In particular, we show theoretically and experimentally that different forms of overconfidence may have opposing effects on innovative activity. While...
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Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2020 ; 2020ECO004.
This thesis contributes to labour economics by considering a wide range of factors influencing career paths, transitions to self- employment and duration in entrepreneurship. In the past literature, several studies have analysed labour market outcomes, transitions and durations. Nevertheless, there is the need of knowing more about the influence of individual and background characteristics on...
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Mémoire de bachelor : Haute Ecole de Gestion & Tourisme, 2019.
In der vorliegenden Bachelorthesis werden für die Touristische Unternehmung Grächen erfolgreiche Sommerangebote ermittelt. Das Hauptziel ist es, neue Sommerangebotsideen für Familien für die Region zu erarbeiten. Grächen ist ein kleines Bergdorf im Wallis mit rund 1’320 Einwohnern. Die Tourismusakteure in Grächen positionieren sich als Familiendestination und kreieren für die Winter-...
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In: GMS Journal for Medical Education, 2019, vol. 36, no. 5, p. Doc64
Einleitung: Bisher existieren kaum Berichte, die die Schweizer Reformen des Medizinstudiums von den ersten Teilreformen in den 1970er Jahren bis heute skizzieren. Methoden: In der vorliegenden Arbeit werden kursorisch die jüngere Geschichte der humanmedizinischen Curricula, deren erste Teilreformen in den frühen 1970er Jahren und darauf aufbauend die wesentlichen Ausgangspunkte für die grossen...
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In: Journal of Business Economics, 2014, vol. 84, no. 2, p. 251-276
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Mémoire de bachelor : Haute école de gestion de Genève, 2018 ; TDB 2387.
La question « Quels services d’information documentaire aujourd’hui ? », par laquelle commence le présent travail, est une problématique récurrente dans le milieu des bibliothèques. L’adéquation de l’offre de prestations de services aux besoins des usagers a été et est toujours un enjeu central pour l’avenir des institutions du savoir et de l’apprentissage. Les professionnels...
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