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In the long-run, innovation performance has weakened somewhat in German small and me-dium enterprises (SMEs). In …&D). In order to remove the innovation barriers in these SMEs, public policy may play an important role. The empirical … analysis reveals that less R&D-oriented SMEs are indeed more likely to face a number of constraints in their innovation …
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' participation in initial VET and their innovation outcomes. The results based on linear probability models show that the impact of … VET activity on innovation is indeed ambiguous. Overall, as expected, participation in initial VET has virtually no effect … on radical product innovation. However, a positive impact of training apprentices is observed in case of incremental …
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' participation in initial VET and their innovation outcomes. Our results show that the direct effects of initial VET on technological … innovation in small and mediumsized enterprises (SMEs) are on average quite weak. If at all, a training firm's initial VET … activities are associated with production innovation activities and not with process innovation. Larger effects can only be …
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a positive impact on firm-level innovation, empirical evidence on the subject remains scarce. This study exploits … initial VET and their innovation outcomes. The results based on linear probability models and entropy balancing show that the … relationship between VET activity and innovation are more ambiguous than often postulated. Overall, the participation in initial …
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Digitalization is one of the main trends affecting firm-level innovation today. In this context, a better understanding … of the multidimensional relationship between digital technologies, competences and firm-level innovation is necessary …. For this purpose, this paper examines the role of digital transformation in the context of innovation activities of small …
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This paper examines recent contributions on innovation protection practices in small and medium enterprises (SMEs …
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' participation in initial VET on their innovation outcomes. The results based on linear probability models and instrumental variable … regressions with entropy balancing show that the impact of VET activity on innovation is more ambiguous than postulated. Overall …, the participation in initial VET has virtually no effect on product innovation and radical novelties. For the total …
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and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are successful in innovation without research and development (R&D) efforts. In this … DUI-based innovation in less R&D-intensive SMEs. That is, companies operating largely under the DUI mode seem to benefit …
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