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Innovative Efforts as Determinants of Export Performance: The Case of Specialized Suppliers

Bourgault, Mario; Lefebvre, Élisabeth; Lefebvre, Louis A. - Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des … - 1995

This paper presents empirical evidence on the relationship between innovative efforts and performance on international markets for the specific case of small firms acting as specialized suppliers. In addition to tangible efforts such as R&D expenditures, intangible efforts are also considered....

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Dynamic Models of R&D, Innovation and Productivity: Panel Data Evidence for Dutch and French Manufacturing

Raymond, Wladimir; Mairesse, Jacques; Mohnen, Pierre; … - Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des … - 2013

This paper introduces dynamics in the R&D to innovation and innovation to productivity relationships, which have mostly … individual effects and idiosyncratic errors correlated across equations and that differ in the way innovation enters the … Community Innovation Survey. The results provide evidence of robust unidirectional causality from innovation to productivity and …

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Innovativity: A Comparison Across Seven European Countries

Mohnen, Pierre; Mairesse, Jacques; Dagenais, Marcel - Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des … - 2006

This paper proposes a framework to account for innovation similar to the usual accounting framework in production … analysis and a measure of innovativity comparable to that of total factor productivity. This innovation accounting framework is … illustrated using micro-aggregated firm data from the first Community Innovation Surveys (CIS1) for seven European countries …

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Performance à l'exportation et innovation technologique dans les PME manufacturières indépendantes

Bourgault, Mario; Lefebvre, Élisabeth; Lefebvre, Louis A. - Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des … - 1994

Small and medium enterprises have strengthened their importance during the last decades in most industrialized countries, including the United States, Germany, Japan and Canada. The province of Quebec makes no exception as firms of less than 200 employees generate a substantial portion of its...

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Measuring the Returns to R&D

Hall, Bronwyn H.; Mairesse, Jacques; Mohnen, Pierre - Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des … - 2010

We review the econometric literature on measuring the returns to R&D. The theoretical frameworks that have been used are outlined, followed by an extensive discussion of measurement and econometric issues that arise when estimating the models. We then provide a series of tables summarizing the...

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Integrating Environmental Issues Into Corporate Strategy: A Catalyst for Radical Organizational Innovation

Lefebvre, Élisabeth; Lefebvre, Louis A.; Roy, Marie Josée - Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des … - 1995

This paper presents the results of a study conducted in manufacturing firms operating in the electrical and electronic sectors in Quebec. It investigates the extent to which environmental concerns are integrated into corporate strategy and the entire product development stages. Special attention...

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Relating HRM and MOT Capabilities to R&D Intensity

Lefebvre, Élisabeth; Lefebvre, Louis A.; Préfontaine, Lise - Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des … - 1994

'entreprise et du degré innovateur des technologies en place (innovation de procédés). Les analyses des groupes démontrent l …

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Global Strategic Benchmarking, Critical Capabilities and Performance of Aerospace Subcontractors

Lefebvre, Élisabeth; Lefebvre, Louis A. - Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des … - 1997

The aerospace industry faces fierce and rapidly changing competition worldwide which exercises a considerable amount of strain on its manufacturing subcontractors. In this context, it becomes essential to gain a better understanding of what constitutes the most critical capabilities of the...

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Intangible Capabilities as Determinants of Advanced Manufacturing Technology Adoption in SMEs: Toward an Evolutionary Model

Harvey, Jean; Lefebvre, Élisabeth; Lefebvre, Louis A. - Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des … - 1994

This paper investigates the relationship between intangible capabilities and further AMT adoption in 116 small manufacturing firms. Results indicate that skills of blue-collar workers, influences of customers and vendors, and motivations focussed on process improvement and customers are the...

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Technological Penetration and Cumulative Benefits in SMEs

Lefebvre, Élisabeth; Lefebvre, Louis A.; Roy, Marie Josée - Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des … - 1994

The relative importance of the benefits derived from the adoption of computer-based administrative and production applications depends to a large extent on the level of technological penetration attained by a particular firm. This evolutionary perspective is investigated in an empirical study...

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