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How does competition affect the relationship between innovation and productivity? Estimation of a CDM model for Norway
Castellacci, Fulvio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
The paper investigates the effects of industry-level competition on firm-level innovation and productivity. We propose … productivity. We test the model on a firm-level panel dataset based on the last three waves of the innovation survey for Norway …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008765939
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The role of product diversification in skill-biased technological change
Nam, Choong Hyun - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
that the productivity of skilled workers has risen relative to the unskilled, but it is not easy to explain why the … aggregate labour productivity was stagnant during the 1980s. Alternatively, I have constructed a theoretical model which assumes … that the demand for white-collar workers increases not because their productivity grows faster, but because increasing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011111499
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Capable companies or changing markets? Explaining the export performance of firms in the defence industry
Castellacci, Fulvio; Fevolden, Arne - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
The paper carries out an empirical analysis of the factors explaining the export performance of firms in the defence sector. We focus on the case of Norway, and make use of two complementary methodologies: the first is based on quantitative firm-level data analysis for the whole population of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009418488
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Italian industrial districts: a model of success or a weak productive system?
Schilirò, Daniele - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
The present contribution focuses on two issues. The first one concerns the characteristics of industrial districts and the increasing weight of these districts in the Italian system of production. The second issue is about the competitiveness of the Italian industrial districts, if they...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257913
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(When) Do Stronger Patents Increase Continual Innovation?
Chen, Yongmin; Pan, Shiyuan; Zhang, Tianle - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Under continual innovation, greater patent strength expands innovating firms’ profit against imitation, but also shifts …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258516
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Rising R&D Intensity and Economic Growth
Pollak, Andreas - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Over the past decades, private R&D spending in the US and other developed countries has been growing faster than GDP. At the same time, the growth rates of per capita and aggregate output have been rather stable, possibly declining slightly. This paper proposes a growth model that can account...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260218
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Business Groups, Innovation and Institutional Voids in Latin America
Fulvio, Castellacci - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
The paper presents an empirical analysis of the innovative activities of business groups in Latin America. It compares the innovativeness of group-affiliated firms (GAFs) and standalone firms (SAFs), and it investigates how country-specific institutional factors – financial, legal, and labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260711
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Modified stage-gate: A conceptual model of virtual product development process
Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Taha, Zahari - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
In today’s dynamic marketplace, manufacturing companies are under strong pressure to introduce new products for long-term survival with their competitors. Nevertheless, every company cannot cope up progressively or immediately with the market requirements due to knowledge dynamics being...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008866165
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The ecological system of innovation: A new architectural framework for a functional evidence-based platform for science and innovation policy
Yawson, Robert M. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Models on innovation, for the most part, do not include a comprehensive and end-to-end view. Most innovation policy attention seems to be focused on the capacity to innovate and on input factors such as R&D investment, scientific institutions, human resources and capital. Such inputs frequently...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009295267
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Institutionalising Performance Management in R&D Organisations: Key Concepts and Aspects
Yawson, Robert M.; Sutherland, Alistair J. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
In an era in which accountability, cost effectiveness and impact orientation are at premium, Research and Technological Organisations are under pressure not only to improve their performance but also to be able to demonstrate this improvement. This pressure is particularly hard-felt by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009295268