Piva, Mariacristina; Vivarelli, Marco - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
Using a balanced panel of 215 Italian manufacturing firms over the 1995-2000 period, thispaper investigates the determinants of R&D investment at the level of the firm. While findingfurther support for the well-established technology-push and demand-pull hypotheses, thisstudy also tests the role...