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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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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...
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This report offers an in-depth analysis of the major economic developments in the music industry. It looks at music companies, and covers the production and distribution of recorded music, including online distribution, and the competition which these companies face from other online music...
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In this paper we assess the job creation effect of R&D expenditures, using a unique longitudinal database of 677 European companies over the period 1990-2008. We estimate a dynamic labour demand specification using a Least Squares Dummy Variable Corrected (LSDVC) technique. The labour-friendly...
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role of innovation, demand, wages and the composition of employment by professional groups. A model is developed and an … innovation leads to job losses and wage growth has a negative effect that is lower than in other industries. Business services …
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demand and innovation are the key determinants for firm profitability; second that both technology adoption and R&D concur to …
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GDP. The high growth resulting from the ever-increasing pace of ICT-related innovation requires high levels of R&D to be … investments into economic growth and employment through innovation. This report aims to provide an overview of subjects and topics …: relationship between public and private R&D expenditure, innovation and the R&D process, and diffusion and impact of ICT. Further …
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This research investigates deals with the impact of various innovation activities on innovation output by using Spanish … innovation activities lead to differences in both the propensity to innovate and innovation output, depending on the … technological characteristics a firm has. In general, internal R&D leads to product innovation, while machinery acquisition leads to …
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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 …
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The globalisation of R&D activities has continued to grow as companies are increasingly trying to capture knowledge and market opportunities internationally. The rapid evolution of national economies and the ways to conduct knowledge-intensive businesses has brought researchers and analysts to...
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