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A fundamental hypothesis in this book is that the sources of knowledge used by KIE firms influence their strategic entrepreneurial and innovative behavior and that behavior affects their economic performance. The various sources of knowledge that KIE firms use address factors that influenced the formation of the firm and factors for exploring new business opportunities.
Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.
—John Locke
Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.
—Plato
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We accept the criticism that our construction of the dichotomy important and not important is subjective, and thus, the implications from our analyses are accordingly subjective. We respect the opinion of those scholars who might advocate the use of a 3.0 or greater definition of important or even a 4.0 or greater definition.
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The coefficient of variation of a sample of data is the standard deviation of the sample divided by the mean of the sample, and then that quotient is multiplied by 100.
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Amoroso, Audretsch, and Link (forthcoming) considered these sources of knowledge for exploring new business opportunities among all KIE firms in the high-tech sector, as represented in the AEGIS database. They divided the sources into the following categories: vertical sources, horizontal sources, sources related to research institutes, internal sources, publications and conferences, and research programs.
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The correlation coefficient between a principal component index and a simple average of the correlation coefficients is, in all instances, over 0.98, and it is highly significant.
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Hodges, N.J., Link, A.N. (2018). Sources of Knowledge Used by KIE Textile and Apparel Firms. In: Knowledge-Intensive Entrepreneurship. International Studies in Entrepreneurship, vol 39. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68777-3_6
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