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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
This report addresses the potential of digital games to support social inclusion and empowerment (DGEI). It is based on a range of theoretical and empirical data, brought together for the first time in this and associated reports. The aim of the report, commissioned by DG CNECT, is to provide a...
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Doing R&D or not, that is the question (in a crisis…)
Cincera, Michele; Cozza, Claudio; Tübke, Alexander; … - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2010
This study investigates how corporate R&D evolves in the light of the contemporary economic crisis. We investigate what empirical evidence from past downturns suggests, discuss the relevant literature and perform an empirical analysis of recent business survey data (collected during 2009). We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008764463
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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 … log of productivity and regress it on a series of explanatory variables, including ICT investment, the presence of … the work-force is a strong determinant of productivity (either alone or when interacted with other potentially …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011170041
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Projection of R&D-intensive enterprises' growth to the year 2020: Implications for EU policy?
Voigt, Peter; Moncada-Paterno-Castello, Pietro - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2012
The paper investigates how sector composition and the magnitude of R&D investment in the EU may differ in 2020 in comparison to the past, if a selection of top R&D-investing SMEs were assumed to be on a fast growth track while the top R&D-investing large-scale companies continue to grow as...
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Innovation and Productivity in Services: Evidence from Germany, Ireland and the United Kingdom
Peters, Bettina; Riley, Rebecca; Siedschlag, Iulia; … - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2014
This paper examines the links between innovation and productivity in service enterprises. For this purpose, we use … structural model. Our results indicate that innovation in service enterprises is linked to higher productivity. In all three … countries analysed, among the innovation types that we consider, the strongest link between innovation and productivity was …
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The Impact of Highly-skilled ICT Labour on Firm Performance: Empirical Evidence from Six European Countries
Hagsten, Eva; Sabadash, Anna - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2014
productivity. The effects are investigated both in isolation and in conjunction with the impact of ICT maturity on microdata in six … proportion of ICT-intensive human capital boosts productivity. This seems to confirm the case in favour of recruitment of highly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010942775
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Access to finance for innovation: the role of venture capital and the stock market
Bogliacino, Francesco; Lucchese, Matteo - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2011
Financial constraints for young and small firms can prevent them from supporting innovation and employment creation. We analyze two of the various institutional mechanisms which have been proposed to circumvent it: the development of venture capital market and the stock market access. We will...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009416085
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Do Incentives for Innovation work? Evidence from the Italian Manufacturing Sector
Biagi, Federico; Loi, Massimo - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2012
Understanding and estimating the impact of fiscal incentives on innovation are crucial elements for policy evaluation. This is so because innovation- be it of the product or the process type- is able to move the production frontier and hence, ultimately, enlarge society’s consumption...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011170050
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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's competitiveness and growth. The widespread adoption of R&D targets has led researchers and analysts to pursue a deeper understanding of corporate R&D investment trends, drivers and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008465163
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Rhomolo: A Dynamic Spatial General Equilibrium Model for Assessing the Impact of Cohesion Policy
Brandsma, Andries; d’Artis Kancs; Monfort, Philippe; … - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2013
The paper presents the newly developed dynamic spatial general equilibrium model of European Commission - RHOMOLO, in which the interplay of agglomeration and dispersion forces can be analysed in a novel and theoretically consistent way. A particular attention is paid to flows of goods, factors...
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