This paper investigates the links between locational conditions, innovative capabilities and internationalization of … manufacturing SMEs. Two modes of foreign market servicing are explored: exporting activity and relocating of selected business … operations and relocate it abroad. Moreover, manufacturing SMEs assessing the proximity to research facilities, as well as …

the period 1992-2004, we find that manufacturing firms that acquire disembodied technology experience more growth in …

. This high proportion is mainly due to a relatively strong and research-intensive manufacturing sector in Germany. At the …

This paper investigates to what extent the R&D behavior of manufacturing companies was influenced by the 2008/09 crisis …. Based on a broad official data set for German manufacturing companies, only a few companies that engaged in R&D during 2008 …

This paper analyzes research efficiency at the industry level in manufacturing for 13 European member and four … highest efficiency scores on average in total manufacturing. The main industries that are at the technology frontier are those …

This study explores the prevalence and nature of the regional divide for the Mexican manufacturing production across … sub-national regions. We utilize a unique panel of municipality-level data from the manufacturing sector. An important … use stochastic frontier analysis methods to test for productivity and efficiency differences in manufacturing throughout …