Search for dissertations about: "horizontal innovation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 swedish dissertations containing the words horizontal innovation.

2. 1. The pace of innovation : Patterns of innovation in the cardiac pacemaker industry

   Author : Patrik Hidefjäll; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Cardiac Pacemaker; Competition; Competitive Advantage; Defibrillator; Dominant Design; Innovation; Organizational Field; Patterns of Innovation; Technical Change; Technology Cycle; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

   Abstract : The PhD thesis "The Pace of Innovation" addresses the questions how patterns of innovation change over time in an industry, their consequences for competition and how institutional conditions in an industry shape determinants of patterns of innovation. Patterns of innovation mainly refer to how certain regularities in the diversity, types and locus of innovation change in an industry according to a technology and industry life cycle. READ MORE

4. 2. Ride The Wind : Symbiotic Business Model Innovation for the Chinese Wind Power Industry

   Author : Lihua Liu; Mike Danilovic; Maya Hoveskog; Susan Lijiang Sun; Bingwen Yan; Högskolan i Halmstad; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Symbiotic Business Model; Business Model Innovation; Wind Power Innovation; China; Goldwind; 共生的商业模式，商业模式创新，中国，风电行业创新，金风科技;

   Abstract : China has become one of the world’s leading countries in renewable energy, particularly in wind power. Goldwind Science and Technology has become not only the largest wind turbine manufacturer in China, but also one of the largest in the world. READ MORE

5. 3. Essays on Fiscal Policy, Public Debt and Financial Development

   Author : Alfredo Schclarek Curutchet; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; private consumption; Ekonomisk planering; Handel; Economic planning; imperfect information; Trade; financial development; economic growth; capital accumulation; productivity growth; private savings rate; vertical innovation; horizontal innovation; industry diversification; public debt; external debt; developing countries; taxation; government expenditure; fiscal policy;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of three distinct articles that can be read separately. Each one has been awarded a chapter of its own. The independence of these chapters should not be taken as meaning that they are unrelated. Besides belonging all to the subfield of macroeconomics, they share the common feature of being inherently economic policy oriented. READ MORE

6. 4. Knowledge, Product Differentiation and Trade

   Author : Sara Johansson; Åke Andersson; Börje Johansson; Volker Nitsch; Jönköping University; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Accessibility; Export; Human Capital; Innovation; Knowledge; Product Differentiation; Product Quality; Regional trade; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to analyze the influence of knowledge on the export performance of firms in different regions. More specifically, this study focuses on the impact of knowledge on the structure of regional export flows, in terms of horizontal and vertical product differentiation, as well as the geographical distribution of export flows. READ MORE

7. 5. Competition and innovation in the Swedish pharmaceutical market

   Author : Mats Ekelund; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of four essays in economics related to the pharmaceutical market. The first essay, Pharmaceutical Pricing in a Regulated Market, compares the pricing of new pharmaceuticals in the Swedish market where prices are regulated, with the results of Lu and Comanor who studied the pricing of new pharmaceuticals in the US market. READ MORE