that being a generalist does not seem to be important in this regard. Finally, we find that innovation positively moderates …

native and foreign STEM graduates have statistically significant and economically large effects on innovation. Together these … results suggest that policies that increase the stocks of both foreign and native STEM graduates increase innovation and …

This paper examines how productivity effects of human capital and innovation vary at different points of the …-technology manufacturing, average innovation performance is higher in all industries in Germany and the innovation performance distributions … investing in product innovation in the majority of industries. Frontier firms enjoy the highest returns to product innovation …

play in aiding innovation, entrepreneurship and economic growth. Several countries, including Australia, Canada, the US and … strengthening its innovation system and provides suggestions for reform. It identifies shortages in venture capital and access to … overseas entrepreneurial talent as two urgent areas for reform of the innovation system. Australia’s visa offerings under its …

The role of human capital for innovation and economic development is widely acknowledged. Yet, though the connection of … knowledge and capabilities to innovation has been recognized as early as the theory of Schumpeter (1934), it was the endogenous …, constitute basic components for regional competitiveness in theories of regional innovation that have emerged and expressed with …

's innovation and export activities, using unique firm survey data which provides direct measures for innovations and firm … export and innovation activities to become substitutes although they are generally natural complements. …

distorts occupational choice. We study this possibility in the context of a model with horizontal innovation, where the …

set on innovation for a large number of Italian firms over the 1990’s. There is evidence that banking development affects … the probability of process innovation, particularly for small firms and for firms in high(er) tech sectors and in sectors … more dependent upon external finance. The evidence for product innovation is weaker. There is also some evidence that …

We refine modelling of the radical innovation decision in this paper by extending real option theory to include non … stochastic shocks imply that investment in radical innovation may very often be too time consuming and/or expensive to remain …