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Pekkala, Sari; Kerr, William R. - 2016

We study the prevalence and traits of global collaborative patents for U.S. public companies, where the inventor team is located both within and outside of the United States. Collaborative patents are frequently observed when a corporation is entering into a new foreign region for innovative...

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The global entrepreneurship index (GEINDEX)

Acs, Zoltán J.; Szerb, László - 2009

drive innovation. -- Entrepreneurship ; Development; Stages of Growth ; Globalization ; Innovation ; Index ; Knowledge …

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Heterogeneous Technology Diffusion and Ricardian Trade Patterns

Kerr, William R. - 2016

Migration and trade are often linked through ethnic networks boosting bilateral trade. This study uses migration to quantify the importance of Ricardian technology differences for international trade. The framework provides the first panel estimates connecting country-industry productivity and...

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Who Stands on the Shoulders of Chinese (Scientific) Giants? Evidence from Chemistry

Qiu, Shumin; Steinwender, Claudia; Azoulay, Pierre - 2023

In recent decades, Chinese researchers have become preeminent contributors to the scientific enterprise, as reflected by the number of publications originating from Chinese research institutions. China's rise in science has the potential to push forward the global frontier, but mere production...

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Distribution and Growth in an Economy with Limited Needs

Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2001

This paper studies a model of the distribution of income under bounded needs. Utility derived from any given good reaches a bliss point at a finite consumption level of that good. On the other hand, introducing new varieties always increases utility. It is assumed that each variety is owned by a...

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The Role of Human Capital in Structural Change and Growth in an Open Economy: Innovative and Absorptive Capacity Effects

Bye, Brita; Faehn, Taran - 2021

Since the financial crisis in 2008, slow growth has riddled Europe and the Covid-19 pandemic is amplifying the challenge. Promoting economic growth and transforming to a more knowledge-based industrial structure will be high on the agenda for the coming decades. We study how more and better...

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Innovative start-up patenting : a new approach towards identification and determinants

Wolf, Tina - 2013

There already exists broad literature investigating small and innovative firms in many respects. However, there have been few attempts to assess this group of firms ́propensity to patent or its patenting activities. This paper intends to fill that gap. By applying a new approach to account for...

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Experience, innovation and productivity: Empirical evidence from Italy's slowdown

Daveri, Francesco; Parisi, Maria Laura - 2010

We investigate the role of workers' and managerial experience as a determinant of firm innovation and productivity in a … innovation and productivity. The effect of managerial experience measured by age on firm performance depends instead on the type … of firm: high age of managers and board members is bad for innovation and productivity growth, while costs and benefits …

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Redistribution and occupational choice in a Schumpeterian growth model

Garcίa-Peñalosa, Cecilia; Wen, Jean-François - 2004

We consider an R&D-driven endogenous growth model in which innovation is risky and agents are risk averse. Growth is … social insurance, thus encouraging innovation and accelerating growth. The general equilibrium effects of the reallocation of …

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Works councils, training activities and innovation : a study of German firms

Cantner, Uwe; Gerstlberger, Wolfgang; Roy, Ipsita - 2014

establishment data on various aspects of training practices and innovation activities in Germany, the paper examines the degree … works councils as an instrument for a firm’s total training activities that correlate with innovation, and weak support when … we consider only generalized training and innovation. Finally, no significant relation is found between training …

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