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Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2003

On 21 March 2002 the Treasurer referred the post-2005 assistance arrangements for the automotive manufacturing sector to the Commission for inquiry and report. The Commission identified three options for the reduction of tariffs, with the Government accepting the Commission’s preference for...

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Absorptive Capacity – One Size Fits All? A Firm-level Analysis of Absorptive Capacity for Different Kinds of Knowledge

Schmidt, Tobias - EconWPA - 2005

from research institutions. Using data from the German innovation survey we investigate how firms are able to exploit … knowledge from external partners for successful innovation activities. The estimation results show that the determinants of … absorptive capacity differ with respect to the type of knowledge absorbed for innovation activities. In particular we find that …

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The Estonian ICT Manufacturing and Software Industry: Current State and Future Outlook

Kalvet, Tarmo - EconWPA - 2004

with a closer look at the challenges for the Estonian ICT sector innovation system. …

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Technological Specialization and Convergence of Small Countries: The Case of the Late-industrializing Asian NIEs

Wong, Poh-Kam; Singh, Annette - EconWPA - 2005

This paper examines the changing pattern of technological specialization of the four small, newly industrializing economies (NIEs) from East Asia as they move up the economic development ladder. In addition, the paper also investigates whether there is convergence or divergence between these...

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Technological change: An analysis of the diffusion and implications of e-business technologies

Koellinger, Philipp - EconWPA - 2005

2002. In addition, the adoption of new e-business technologies by firms creates opportunities to conduct innovation, either …

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Relaciones interindustriales y difusión de la innovación: una aproximación desde la Teoría de Redes

García, Ana Salomé; Morillas, Antonio; Rueda, Carmen - EconWPA - 2005

El análisis input-output es una herramienta de gran potencialidad que permite profundizar en el conocimiento de la estructura productiva de un espacio económico. Por otro lado, el entramado sectorial constituye uno de los posibles factores determinantes en la capacidad de innovación de un...

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Quality Control Versus Innovation in Research on Marketing

Armstrong, JS - EconWPA - 2005

Brownlie and Saren (this issue) claim that “few innovative papers appear in the top marketing journals.” They attribute this problem to incentive structures. They ask what steps might be taken by the various stakeholders to encourage the development and transmission of useful innovative...

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Job-Hopping in Silicon Valley: Some Evidence Concerning the Micro-Foundations of a High Technology Cluster

Fallick, Bruce; Fleischman, Charles A.; Rebitzer, James B. - EconWPA - 2005

California law that make non-compete agreements unenforceable. Consistent with our model of innovation, mobility rates outside of …

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The role of training and innovation in workplace performance

Laplagne, Patrick; Bensted, Leonie - EconWPA - 2002

which the use of training and/or innovation by a workplace increases the likelihood that is has higher labour productivity …

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The Porter Hypothesis Revisited: A Literature Review of Theoretical Models and Empirical Tests

Wagner, Marcus - EconWPA - 2004

The debate on the relationship between environmental regulation and competitiveness has been a topic of discussion for a number of years now. As early as 1991, the American economist Michael E. Porter proposed that stringent environmental regulation (under the condition that it is efficient) can...

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