Innovators and tinkerers role in business : a general and technical analysis / Steven C. Hymes, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hymes, Steven C.

Series:

Business issues, competition and entrepreneurship series.

Business issues, competition and entrepreneurship

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technological innovations--Economic aspects.

Technological innovations.

Diffusion of innovations--Economic aspects.

Diffusion of innovations.

Small business--Valuation.

Small business.

Patents.

Inventions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (80 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publisher, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This text investigates various drivers of innovation within small businesses, as well as the role that innovation plays in creating value in small businesses. The analysis suggests that additions in employee headcount increase innovation while growth in sales does not increase innovation.

Contents:

Intro

INNOVATORS AND TINKERERS ROLE IN BUSINESS: A GENERAL AND TECHNICAL ANALYSIS

CONTENTS

PREFACE

INNOVATION IN SMALL BUSINESSES: DRIVERS OF CHANGE AND VALUE USE

ABSTRACT

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1. INTRODUCTION

2. LITERATURE REVIEW

3. DATA

3.1. Introduction

3.2. Standard &amp

Poor's Compustat Database Review

3.3. Patent Count Review

3.4. ktMINE

4. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

4.1. Introduction

4.2. The Relationship between Employee Headcount and Sales and Innovation

4.3. The Relationship between Patent Production and Market Value

4.4. The Relationship between R&amp

D Expenditures and Market Value by Industry

5. EMPIRICAL RESULTS

5.1. Introduction

5.2. The Relationship between Employee Headcount and Innovation

5.3. The Relationship between Sales and Innovation

5.4. The Relationship between Patent Count and Market Value

5.5. The Relationship between R&amp

6. CONCLUSION

APPENDIX 1. INDUSTRY DESCRIPTIONS

Chemicals and Allied Products

INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL MACHINERY AND COMPUTER EQUIPMENT

ELECTRONIC AND OTHER ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND COMPONENTS, EXCEPT COMPUTER EQUIPMENT

Measuring, Analyzing, and Controlling Instruments

Photographic, Medical, and Optical Goods

Watches and Clocks

Business Services

APPENDIX 2. STANDARD &amp

POOR'S COMPUSTAT - DEFINITIONS OF RELEVANT INFORMATION

1.1. Employees

1.2. Sales-Net

1.3. Research and Development Expense

1.4. Price to Book

1.5. Price to Book Fiscal Year End

APPENDIX 3. REFERENCES

End Notes

NETWORK OF TINKERERS: A MODEL OF OPEN-SOURCE TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION

I. EXAMPLES OF OPEN-SOURCE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT

I.A. Before the Airplane.

I.B. The Beginning of Personal Computers

I.C. Open Source Software Projects

II. MOTIVATION AND PSYCHOLOGY

III. A TINKERER

IV. A NETWORK OF TINKERERS

V. STANDARDIZING, SPECIALIZING, AND CONSENSUS REDESIGN

VI. JOINING, SEARCHING, OR MATCHING COSTS

VII. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

VIII. ENTREPRENEURIAL EXITS FROM THE NETWORK

VIII. A MODELING ENTREPRENEURIAL EXITS

IX. RELAXING THE ASSUMPTIONS

IX.A. Rates of Progress

IX.B. Technological Uncertainty

IX.C. Scale and Population Size

IX.D. Motivation

IX.E. Enforceability

IX.F. Frictions, Diseconomies of Scale, or Other Costs

X. CONCLUSION

XI. REFERENCES

CHAPTER SOURCES

INDEX.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1-61470-094-X