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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 …

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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...

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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...

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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

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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 …

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Mobility of ideas for innovation: The role of inventor-specific knowledge flows

Koski, Heli; Pajarinen, Mika - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2015

words, the larger the knowledge pool of an inventor entering (leaving) the firm, the more the firm’s innovation performance … pharmaceuticals and mechanical engineering such that the mobility of an inventor to a firm increases its innovation performance but … the mobility of an inventor from a firm does not affect its innovation performance. We further find that particularly …

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When Does Co-location of Manufacturing and R&D Matter?

Ketokivi, Mikko - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2006

While both manufacturing and R&D location decisions have received considerable theoretical and empirical attention from economists and organization scientists, theories and evidence regarding the co-location of the two are scarce. The goal of this article is to lay the theoretical foundation for...

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Essays on the Impacts of Technology Development and R&D Subsidies

Ali-Yrkkö, Jyrki - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2008

This thesis studies the impacts of technology development and R&D subsidies. The first essay examines whether public and private R&D funding are substitutes or complements. Particular attention is paid to capital market imperfections by examining what kind of effect financial constraint has on...

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