Ammon Salter

Publication List Details

Period

1999 - 2009

Number

36

Co-Authors

The role of technology in the shift towards open innovation: the case of Procter & Gamble (2006)

Dodgson, Mark, Gann, David, Salter, Ammon

As with all new ideas, the concept of Open Innovation requires extensive empirical investigation, testing and development. This paper analyzes Procter and Gamble's 'Connect and Develop' strategy as a...

The role of technology in the shift towards open innovation: the case of Procter & Gamble (2006)

Dodgson, Mark, Gann, David, Salter, Ammon

As with all new ideas, the concept of Open Innovation requires extensive empirical investigation, testing and development. This paper analyzes Procter and Gamble's 'Connect and Develop' strategy as a...

Executive Summary (2006)

Ammon Salter, Bruce S. Tether

• Services dominate advanced economies, accounting for about three quarters of their gross value added and employment. Discounting government and other public services, private sector services...

Investigating the sources of process innovation among UK manufacturing firms (2006)

Reichstein, Toke, Salter, Ammon

Although it retains a central position in the main theories of innovation, there are few studies that examine the factors that provide inducements for process innovation at the firm level. Using a...

Investigating the sources of process innovation among UK manufacturing firms (2006)

Reichstein, Toke, Salter, Ammon

Although it retains a central position in the main theories of innovation, there are few studies that examine the factors that provide inducements for process innovation at the firm level. Using a...

My Precious : The Role of Appropriability Strategies in Shaping Innovative Performance (2005)

Laursen, Keld, Salter, Ammon

The strategies firms use to protect their intellectual property and knowledge can strongly influence their ability to capture the benefits of their innovative efforts. In attempting to appropriate...

The fruits of intellectual production: economic and scientific specialisation among OECD countries (2005)

Laursen, Keld, Salter, Ammon

This paper brings together data from 17 OECD countries on scientific publications, patents and production, to explore the relationship between scientific and economic specialisation for 17...

Exploring the capital goods economy: complex product systems in the UK (2004)

Acha, Virginia, Davies, Andrew, Hobday, Michael, Salter, Ammon

Over the past decade, qualitative empirical research at the firm, project and industry levels has improved our understanding of the characteristics and dynamics of innovation in the high technology,...

1 THE ROLE OF CODIFIED SOURCES OF KNOWLEDGE IN INNOVATION: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM DUTCH MANUFACTURING (2002)

Orietta Marsili (ecis, Ammon Salter, Mantell Building, Stefano Brusoni A, Orietta Marsili B, Ammon Salter C

Abstract- This paper explores ongoing debates about the role that codified forms of knowledge play in fostering firms ’ and countries ’ innovative performance. It aims to provide an empirical...

http://www.sussex.ac.uk/spru / The Fruits of Intellectual Production: Economic and scientific specialisation among OECD countries (2002)

Keld Laursen, Ammon Salter, Keld Laursen, Ammon Salter

Abstract: This paper brings together data from 14 OECD countries on scientific publications, patents and production specialisation to explore the relationship between economic and production...

Innovation and performance in engineering design

Ammon Salter, Richard Torbett

This paper explores the experiences of engineering, design and construction organizations (EDOs) in developing innovative approaches to performance measurement in their design activities. It...

Searching Low and High: What Types of Firms use Universities as a Source of Innovation

Keld Laursen, Ammon Salter

This paper examines the factors that influence whether firms draw from universities in their innovative activities. The link between the universities and industrial innovation, and the role of...

My Precious: The Role of Appropriability Strategies in Shaping Innovative Performance

Keld Laursen, Ammon Salter

The strategies firms use to protect their intellectual property and knowledge can strongly influence their ability to capture the benefits of their innovative efforts. In attempting to appropriate...

The fruits of intellectual production: economic and scientific specialisation among OECD countries

Keld Laursen, Ammon Salter

This paper brings together data from 17 OECD countries on scientific publications, patents and production, to explore the relationship between scientific and economic specialisation for 17...

Sources of Ideas for Innovation in Engineering Design

Ammon Salter, David Gann

This paper explores the sources of ideas for innovation in engineering design. The paper shows that engineering designers involved in complex, non-routine design processes rely heavily on...

The role of codified sources of knowledge in innovation: empirical evidence from Dutch manufacturing

Stefano Brusoni, Orietta Marsili, Ammon Salter

This paper explores ongoing debates about the role that codified forms of knowledge play in fostering firms' and countries' innovative performance. It aims to provide an empirical exploration of the...

The Fruits of Intellectual Production: Economic and scientific specialisation among OECD countries

Keld Laursen, Ammon Salter

This paper brings together data from 14 OECD countries on scientific publications, patents and production specialisation to explore the relationship between economic and production specialisation for...

Last among equals: a comparison of innovation in construction, services and manufacturing in the UK

Toke Reichstein, Ammon Salter, David Gann

This paper contrasts the attitudes of firms towards innovation from the construction sector with those in services and manufacturing, using data from the UK innovation survey. We examine the...

'Inequality' of innovation: skewed distributions and the returns to innovation in Dutch manufacturing

Orietta Marsili, Ammon Salter

It is a commonly held view that returns to innovation are highly skewed, that is, not all firms innovate, and the returns received from innovation for the firms that are successful innovators are...

Investigating the sources of process innovation among UK manufacturing firms

Toke Reichstein, Ammon Salter

Although it retains a central position in the main theories of innovation, there are few studies that examine the factors that provide inducements for process innovation at the firm level. Using a...

Exploring the capital goods economy: complex product systems in the UK

Virginia Acha, Andrew Davies, Michael Hobday, Ammon Salter

Over the past decade, qualitative empirical research at the firm, project and industry levels has improved our understanding of the characteristics and dynamics of innovation in the high technology,...

The role of codified sources of knowledge in innovation: Empirical evidence from Dutch manufacturing

Stefano Brusoni, Orietta Marsili, Ammon Salter

This paper explores ongoing debates about the role that codified forms of knowledge play in fostering innovative behaviour. It aims to provide an empirical exploration of the use of codified sources...

The Fruits of Intellectual Production: Economic and Scientific Specialisation Among OECD Countries

Keld Laursen, Ammon Salter

This paper brings together data from 14 OECD countries on scientific publications, patents and production specialisation to explore the relationship between economic and production specialisation for...

Break on Through: Sources and Determinants of Product and Process Innovation among UK Construction Firms

Toke Reichstein, Ammon Salter, David Gann

While construction is often seen as a low-technology sector, it has witnessed substantial changes in practices, processes, technology and performance over the past 20 years. Understanding the sources...

Fortune favours the brave: The distribution of innovative returns in Finland, the Netherlands and the UK

Ebersberger, Bernd, Marsili, Orietta, Reichstein, Toke, Salter, Ammon

It is widely accepted that innovation may allow some industrial firms to reap great economic gains. Yet little is known about how the shape of the distribution of firm-level innovative returns...