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The Impact of Technological and Non-Technological Innovations on Firm Growth
Ali-Yrkkö, Jyrki; Martikainen, Olli - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2008
This study investigates the relationship between innovations and firm growth, based on the data of Finnish firms operating in the software industry. We find that in terms of turnover and employment, firms with only technological innovations do not grow more rapidly than other firms. However,...
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When Does Distributed Innovation Activity Make Sense? Location, Decentralization, and Innovation Success
Leiponen, Aija; Helfat, Constance E. - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2006
Companies face an expanding set of choices about where to locate their innovation activity, both within their home … of innovation activity : almost by definition, multiple locations per firm imply some degree of decentralization. Using … firm-level data on innovation output and the location of research and development (R&D) activity, we shed new light on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005818449
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Determinants of Manufacturing-R&D Co-location
Ketokivi, Mikko; Ali-Yrkkö, Jyrki - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2007
The phenomenon of physical R&D-manufacturing co-location is interesting, because researchers have made very different observations regarding its prevalence. In some populations co-location of the two functions seems to be the norm; in others, an exception. However, we still do not have an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005749317
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The Role of R&D Technology in Asymmetric Research Joint Ventures
Dakhlia, Sami; Menezes, Flavio M.; Temimi, Akram - EconWPA - 2005
We characterize asymmetric equilibria in two-stage process innovation games and show that they are prevalent in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005077076
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Impact of R&D on Productivity - Firm-level Evidence from Finland
Ali-Yrkkö, Jyrki; Maliranta, Mika - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2006
This study analyses how R&D expenditure impacts the productivity of companies. We analyse the productivity impact of R&D using a large panel dataset of Finnish firms over a nine-year period from 1996 to 2004. Our results are two-fold. In the short run (in 1-2 years) we find no statistically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005818358
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A case for non-globalization? The organisation of r&d in the wireless telecommunications industry
Di Minin, Alberto; Palmberg, Christopher - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2006
The offshoring of manufacturing has been the most visible ingredient of economic globalization in recent years. However, the rapid change in the global division of manufacturing has overshadowed another and perhaps even more significant phenomena namely the internationalization of the R&D and...
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Public Funding of R&D and Growth: Firm-level Evidence from Finland
Piekkola, Hannu - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700383
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Managerial Practices, Performance and Innovativeness: Some Evidence from Finnish Manufacturing
Koski, Heli; Marengo, Luigi; Mäkinen, Iiro - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2009
Our study aims at shedding light on the organizational mechanisms that produce differences in the firmsŽ innovation … fruitful for innovation. There are vast differences in the organizational practices leading to more innovation both between the … small and large firms, and between the firms that are functioning in high- and low-tech industries. While innovation in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566053
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La productividad en la industria española: Evidencia microeconómica
Huergo, Elena; Moreno, Lourdes - EconWPA - 2005
El objetivo de este trabajo es ofrecer una revisión de las principales regularidades que, desde una óptica microeconómica, se han observado en los trabajos que analizan la evolución de la productividad y los determinantes de su crecimiento en la economía española durante las últimas...
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Competitive Advantages of the Beira Interior (Portugal): A TOWS Approach
Ferreira, Joao; Leitao, Joao; Raposo, Mario - EconWPA - 2005
The formulation of a competitive strategy implies an extended understanding, in terms of the industrial structures, of the mains fields where the nations compete and those structures evolve. The environmental conditions of a region, and of its industries, determine both the generic strategies,...
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