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Product, process and organizational innovation: drivers, complementarity and productivity effects
Polder, Michael; Leeuwen, George van; Mohnen, Pierre; … - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2010
, process and organizational innovation), which ultimately feeds into a productivity equation. We find that ICT investment and … product innovation in manufacturing. The strongest productivity effects are derived from organizational innovation. We find …
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Short-term effects of new universities on regional innovation
Cowan, Robin; Zinovyeva, N. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2007
This paper analyzes empirically the channels through which university research affects industry innovation. We examine how the opening of new science, medicine and engineering departments in Italy during 1985-2000 affected regional innovation systems. We find that creation of a new university...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712218
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Radical versus Non-Radical Inventions
Schoenmakers, Wilfred; Duysters, Geert; Vanhaverbeke, Wim - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2008
This paper looks at the special characteristics of radical inventions. It tries to identify those variables that differentiate radical inventions from non-radical inventions. Since radical inventions are very important for the economy as a whole and for the individual firm performances,...
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Intangible resources: the relevance of training for European firms’ innovative performance
Ciriaci, Daria - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2011
This paper assesses whether European firms’ innovative performance is impacted by investments in training directly aimed at developing and/or introducing innovation, in addition to the scale of a firm's investments in innovation proxied by the number of R&D personnels. In particular, it...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009416084
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Institutos tecnológicos públicos en América Latina: Una reforma urgente
Bitran, Eduardo; Urrutia, Cristian M. González - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
Los Institutos Tecnológicos Públicos (ITPs) en América Latina han sufrido un deterioro significativo de sus capacidades en las últimas décadas. En la mayoría de los países están a la deriva, sin que exista una visión y misión claramente establecidas, contribuyendo a su pérdida de foco...
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The patenting activity of the top IRI Scoreboard Companies: an introductory note
Vezzani, Antonio; Montobbio, Fabio; Montresor, Sandro; … - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2014
The present note contains an explorative and introductory analysis of the patenting activity exhibited by the top 100 companies of the IRI Scoreboard, and intends to identify strengths and weaknesses for its possible future extension to the whole Scoreboard. With respect to these companies,...
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Are Firms That Received R&D Subsidies More Innovative?
Mohnen, Pierre; Bérubé, Charles - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2007
products than their counterparts that only benefited from R&D tax incentives. They also made more world-first product … innovations and were more successful in commercializing their innovations. …
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Assessing risk discourses: Nano S&T in the Global South
Kanerva, Minna - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2009
Nano science and technology (nano S&T) has potential to change our lives for the better, but at the same time, it causes also a significant amount of concern in terms of related health, environmental, ethical and societal risks. It is increasingly recognized that addressing these concerns...
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Does the Patent Cooperation Treaty work? A global analysis of patent applications by non-residents.
Nepelski, Daniel; Prato, Giuditta De - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2012
We study drivers of international patent applications by non-residents and assess the importance of the PCT membership in their motivations. We construct bilateral measures of foreign patent applications for all countries active as both a source of patents and a destination of applications filed...
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Are ICT, Human Capital and Organizational Capital Complementary in Production? Evidence from Italian Panel Data
Biagi, Federico; Parisi, Maria Laura - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2012
Information and communication technologies (ICT) are believed to play a central role in determining productivity … ICT investments, organizational innovations, the skill composition of the work-force and on many other variables (measured … log of productivity and regress it on a series of explanatory variables, including ICT investment, the presence of …
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