domestic welfare. We consider the potential implementation of three innovation agreements: cooperative research joint venture …

demand and of the innovation function, and with the extent of spillover effects. In terms of consumer surplus standard, the …

The importance of innovation for the economic performance of industrialized countries has been largely stressed … innovation, is the key parameter in determining sustained growth in a model with endogenous technological change. This paper … takles the extremely important task of identifying and estimating a production function of innovation for European regions …

this paper is an observation-based analysis conducted by visiting selected paper mills in Finland, the U.S., Germany and … innovative activity in traditional industries such as pulp and paper. -- incremental innovation, ICT investments, modernization …

Recruitment is often delegated to senior employees. Delegated recruitment, however, is vulnerable to moral hazard … relates to the candidates type . Delegation is then superior to direct (owner) recruitment and offering tenure or guaranteed … seniority to the senior employee is neither always desirable for the owner nor necessary to ensure good recruitment. If there is …

ensure stability of participation rates, regular sample recruitment is indispensable. Does the dispatch method matter for …

seekers and firms behave during the recruitment process. In this paper we identify new patterns about the recruitment … planned search period and decreases thereafter, why most applicants arrive early in the recruitment process, and why the …