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such applications, a key role is played by complementarities in the process of innovation. …
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In this chapter, we analyze immigration and its effect on urban and regional economies focusing on productivity and labor markets. While immigration policies are typically national, the effects of international migrants are often more easily identified on local economies. The reason is that...
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We present a class of dynamic general-equilibrium models of education, innovation and technology transfer to explain …. Innovation and human-capital accumulation appear as in-line engines of scale-invariant endogenous growth. Industries evolve … according to stochastic processes of innovation, imitation and technology adaption in the global economy. …
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Do large firms produce more valuable inventions, and if so, why? After confirming that large firms indeed produce more valuable inventions, we consider two possible sources: a superior ability to invent, or a superior ability to extract value from their inventions. We develop a simple model that...
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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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Innovation is key to boosting Australia’s productivity and inclusiveness. This paper examines the policies that create … good conditions for innovation, not only in science and technology but also wider forms, such as business-model innovation …’s numerous innovation-related SME support schemes are uncertain. Federal and state governments are taking a positive approach to …
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How are OECD countries supporting digital innovation and ensuring that benefits spread across the economy? This paper … explores the current landscape of strategies and initiatives implemented in OECD countries to support innovation in the digital …) strategies. The paper also discusses policy instruments used across OECD to support digital innovation targeting four objectives …
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This article adopts a marketing perspective to examine how blockchain technology can facilitate innovation by …
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The geography of innovation describes the importance of proximity and location to innovative activity. As part of what … sufficiently so that the discussion can be organized around certain stylized and commonly accepted facts: • Innovation is spatially …, and not easily amenable to measurement. • Local universities are necessary but not sufficient for innovation. • Innovation …
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in many advanced economies. While process innovation can be job-destroying, product innovation can imply the emergence of … new firms, new sectors, and thus new jobs. But even for process innovation, the final impact on labor demand is shaped by … impede them. Policies should maximize the job-creation effect of product innovation and minimize the direct labor …
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