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New insights on EU-US comparison of corporate R&D
Moncada-Paternò-Castello, Pietro - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2010
Policy-makers have become increasingly aware that corporate R&D and innovation are the main drivers of an economy … concludes that policy measures to stimulate corporate R&D and innovation activities should be expressly conceived according to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008465163
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Profits, R&D and Innovation: a Model and a Test
Bogliacino, Francesco; Pianta, Mario - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2010
demand and innovation are the key determinants for firm profitability; second that both technology adoption and R&D concur to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008520841
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The impact of innovation on labour productivity growth in European industries: Does it depend on firms' competitiveness strategies?
Bogliacino, Francesco; Pianta, Mario - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2009
of technological competitiveness (based on innovation in products and markets) or cost competitiveness (relying on … innovation in processes and machinery) and their impact on economic performances. We propose models for the determinants of … Pavitt classes that group manufacturing and services industries with distinct patterns of innovation. Tests are carried out …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008624726
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The Potential of Digital Games for Empowerment and Social Inclusion of Groups at Risk of Social and Economic Exclusion: Evidence and Opportunity for Policy
Stewart, James; Bleumers, Lizzy; Centeno - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2013
service improvement, and employment and growth, but significant activity is still required in research, innovation, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011169907
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Prospects of Mobile Search
Gómez-Barroso, José Luis; Compañó, Ramón; Feijóo, … - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2010
Search faces (at least) two major challenges. One is to improve the efficiency of retrieving relevant content for all digital formats (images, audio, video, 3D shapes, etc). The second is to make relevant information retrievable in a range of platforms, particularly in high diffusion ones for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011169870
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Economic Trends in Enterprise Search Solutions
Benghozi, Pierre-Jean; Chamaret, Cécile; Compañó, Ramón - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2010
Enterprise search technology retrieves information within organizations. This data can be proprietary and public, and access to it may be restricted or not. Enterprise search solutions render business processes more efficient particularly in data-intensive companies. This technology is key to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011170038
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ICT and Productivity: A Review of the Literature
Biagi, Federico - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2013
In this report we review the literature on the relationship between ICT and productivity. In Sect. 1 we discuss in broad terms the theoretical relationship between ICT and productivity, while in Sect. 2 we present the growth accounting methodology, which tries to measure the contributions to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011170074
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Innovation and Employment: A firm level analysis with European R&D Scoreboard data
Bogliacino, Francesco - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2010
In this article, we analyse the microeconomic relationship between innovation and employment, using company data from R … process innovation. The existence of non constant elasticities is assessed, due to the combination of efficient scale and … innovation supporting policies should be correctly tailored and monitored since the results depend on the characteristics of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008684463
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Are ICT Displacing Workers? Evidence from Seven European Countries
Biagi, Federico; Pantea, Smaranda; Sabadash, Anna - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2014
This paper examines whether ICT substitute labour and reduce the demand for labour. We used firm-level comparable data separately for firms in manufacturing, services and ICT-producing sectors from seven European countries. We adopted a common methodology and applied it to a unique dataset...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011170081
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The job creation effect of R&D expenditures
Bogliacino, Francesco; Vivarelli, Marco - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2010
augmented with technology. We find that R&D expenditures -fostering product innovation- have a job-creating effect, in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008465160