the impact of various forms of innovation, in isolation, on firms’ productivity. They do not consider whether these forms …

Centre (IDRC) and the Division of Production, Productivity and Management, ECLAC-UN, which aims at understanding the dynamics …

The volume of work on productivity effects of research and development (R&D) investment has expanded significantly … primary studies, we report that the average effect of R&D capital on productivity and the average rate of return on R …-analysis studies. We also report that a range of moderating factors have significant effects on the variation among productivity and …

productivity levels using new business micro data from the Business Research and Development and Innovation Survey (BRDIS) for the … practices to levels of productivity using regression analysis. The four innovation modes have a statistically signifcant … positive relation with the level of productivity, other things constant. The paper demonstrates the possibility of taking into …

, 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 …

when compared to global peers on pharmaceutical value-added, productivity, research and development and trade performance … productivity and R&D intensity. A host of competitive strategies, like greenfield direct investment, overseas acquisitions …