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Speed and potential breakdown in the process of strategic renewal

Mahnke, Volker; Aadne, John Harald (København, 1997)

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Synergies and sustainable competitive advantage

Iversen, Mikael (København, 2000)

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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7236

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Synergy and organization

the case of Danfoss

Iversen, Mikael (København, 1999)

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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7248

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Temporary Clusters and Knowledge Creation

The Effects of International Trade Fairs, Conventions and Other Professional Gatherings

Maskell, Peter; Bathelt, Harald; Malmberg, Anders (København, 2004)

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Business people and professionals regularly come together at conventions, congresses, conferences, trade fairs and exhibitions. Here, their latest and most advanced findings, inventions and products are revealed and evaluated by peers and competitors, as well as by customers and suppliers. Organising or participating in such events are means to identify the current market frontier, take stock of relative competitive positions and form future plans. These events exhibit many of the characteristics ascribed to permanent clusters, albeit in a temporary, periodic and intensified form. The temporary clusters are hotspots of intense knowledge exchange, network building and idea generation. In investigating the extent and nature of these phenomena, the present paper explores a number of issues. First, it shows that international trade fairs and other professional gatherings are events which enable firms to compare their own products with others which are available to the world market. Comparisons to and interactions with other firms stimulate processes of knowledge creation. Second, it demonstrates how trade fairs are important for firms when selecting partners with whom to develop global pipelines, enabling access to distant markets and technologies. Third, it compares such temporary clusters with permanent territorial hubs within their respective sector or industry. If regular participation in temporary clusters could satisfy a firm’s need to learn through interaction with suppliers, customers, peers and rivals, why is the phenomenon of permanent clustering so pervasive? The answer, it is claimed, lies in the restrictions imposed on economic activity when knowledge and ideas are transformed into valuable products and services. The paper sheds new light on how interaction among firms in current clusters coincides with the configuration of knowledge-intensive pipelines out of the cluster. It examines the procedures selected by firms in developing ideas or gaining access to new knowledge and compares these organisational forms to those chosen when using knowledge for commercial purposes. Keywords: economic geography, knowledge creation, clusters, temporary clusters, trade fairs, conventions, pipelines JEL-codes: D83, L22, O17, O18, R12

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Theoretical isolation in contract theory

suppressing margins and entrepreneurship

Foss, Kirsten; Foss, Nicolai Juul (København, 2000)

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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7207

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The theory of the firm

an introduction to themes and contributions

Foss, Nikolaj Juul (København, 1998)

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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7286

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Transferring Knowledge in MNCs

The Role of Sources of Subsidiary Knowledge and Organizational Context

Foss, Nicolai Juul; Pedersen, Torben (København, 2000)

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Understanding business systems

Foss, Nicolai Juul (København, 1997)

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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7234

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