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In Defense of Electricity as a General Purpose Technology
Kander, Astrid; Schön, Lennart; Enflo, Kerstin - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2007
energy productivity and overall productivity in the American economy in the 1920s. This view was challenged by Nicholas and … Moser (2004) based on patent statistics. We argue that other methods are required for studying productivity effects and … propose cointegration analyses. We demonstrate a clear impact from electrification on energy productivity in those broad …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005148507
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Electrification and energy productivity
Enflo, Kerstin; Kander, Astrid; Schön, Lennart - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2008
effect of electricity on energy productivity in Swedish industry 1930-1990. Electricity augmented energy productivity in … those industrial branches that used electricity for multiple purposes. This productivity effect goes beyond “book …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005077281
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Linking scientific and practical knowledge in innovation systems
Isaksen, Arne; Nilsson, Magnus - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2011
New research indicates that firms combining the science-based STI (Science, Technology, Innovation) and the experience-based DUI (Doing, Using, Interacting) modes of innovation are more efficient when it comes to improving innovation capacity and competitiveness. With regard to innovation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009386411
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Technological Dynamics and Social Capability: Comparing U.S. States and European Nations
Fagerberg, Jan; Feldman, Maryann; Srholec, Martin - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2011
This paper analyzes factors that shape the technological capabilities of individual U.S. states and European countries, which are arguably comparable policy units. The analysis demonstrates convergence in technological capabilities from 2000 to 2007. The results indicate that social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009386412
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How does Accessibility to Knowledge Sources Affect the Innovativeness of Corporations? Evidence from Sweden
Andersson, Martin; Ejermo, Olof - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2005
This paper studies the innovative performance of 130 Swedish corporations during 1993-94. The number of patents per corporation is explained as a function of the accessibility to internal and external knowledge sources of each corporation. A coherent way of handling accessibility measures,...
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Competence Building: A Systemic Approach to Innovation Policy
Borrás, Susana; Edquist, Charles - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2013
The main question that guides this paper is how governments are focusing (and must focus) on competence building (education and training) when designing and implementing innovation policies. With this approach, the paper aims at filling the gap between the existing literature on competences on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010722776
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Services vs. Manufacturing – How Does Foreign and Domestic Sales Impact on their R&D?
Ejermo, Olof; Bergman, Karin - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2013
While the distinction between manufacturing and services becomes increasingly blurred to some observers, we find, using a panel of Swedish firms, clear evidence that foreign sales (exports) are more important than domestic sales for stimulating R&D. This is particularly clear for manufacturing...
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Entrepreneurship and the Business Cycle: Do New Technology-Based Firms Differ?
Ejermo, Olof; Xiao, Jing - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2013
We investigate the relationship between the survival performance of new technologybased firms (NTBFs) over the business cycle and compare them against other entrepreneurial firms. Our data comprise the entire population of entrepreneurial firms entering the Swedish economy from 1991 to 2002,...
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Innovation Determinants over Industry Life Cycle
Tavassoli, Sam - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2013
This paper analyzes how the influence of firm-level innovation determinants varies over the industry life cycle. Two sets of determinants are distinguished: (1) determinants of a firm’s innovation propensity, i.e. the likelihood of being innovative and (2) determinants of its innovation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010722790
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The Role of Product Innovation Output on Export Behavior of Firms
Tavassoli, Sam - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2013
of productivity and ownership structure of firms with export propensity and intensity of firms. The results are robust …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010722793