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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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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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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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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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Microalgae-based products for the food and feed sector: an outlook for Europe
Enzing, Christien; Ploeg, Matthias; Barbosa, Maria; … - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2014
The European Union has adopted recently an ambitious strategy for developing the Bioeconomy in Europe. In this context, algae represent an emerging biological resource of great importance for its potential applications in different fields, including food and feed. Algae have been already used as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011169793
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Proceedings of a Workshop on "Nanotechnology for the agricultural sector: from research to the field"
Parisi, Claudia; Vigani, Mauro; Cerezo, Emilio Rodríguez - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2014
Innovation is at the centre of the EU's growth strategy for the coming decade (EU2020). New technologies and their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011169912
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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 … that innovation is the final goal of public policy, most studies look at the relationship between R&D expenses and fiscal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011170050
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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 … micro data from the Community Innovation Survey 2008 in Germany, Ireland and the United Kingdom, and estimate an augmented … structural model. Our results indicate that innovation in service enterprises is linked to higher productivity. In all three …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011183308