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The Impact of Technological and Non-Technological Innovations on Firm Growth

Ali-Yrkkö, Jyrki; Martikainen, Olli - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2008

This study investigates the relationship between innovations and firm growth, based on the data of Finnish firms operating in the software industry. We find that in terms of turnover and employment, firms with only technological innovations do not grow more rapidly than other firms. However,...

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When Does Distributed Innovation Activity Make Sense? Location, Decentralization, and Innovation Success

Leiponen, Aija; Helfat, Constance E. - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2006

Companies face an expanding set of choices about where to locate their innovation activity, both within their home … of innovation activity : almost by definition, multiple locations per firm imply some degree of decentralization. Using … firm-level data on innovation output and the location of research and development (R&D) activity, we shed new light on the …

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Determinants of Manufacturing-R&D Co-location

Ketokivi, Mikko; Ali-Yrkkö, Jyrki - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2007

The phenomenon of physical R&D-manufacturing co-location is interesting, because researchers have made very different observations regarding its prevalence. In some populations co-location of the two functions seems to be the norm; in others, an exception. However, we still do not have an...

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Impact of R&D on Productivity - Firm-level Evidence from Finland

Ali-Yrkkö, Jyrki; Maliranta, Mika - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2006

This study analyses how R&D expenditure impacts the productivity of companies. We analyse the productivity impact of R&D using a large panel dataset of Finnish firms over a nine-year period from 1996 to 2004. Our results are two-fold. In the short run (in 1-2 years) we find no statistically...

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A case for non-globalization? The organisation of r&d in the wireless telecommunications industry

Di Minin, Alberto; Palmberg, Christopher - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2006

The offshoring of manufacturing has been the most visible ingredient of economic globalization in recent years. However, the rapid change in the global division of manufacturing has overshadowed another and perhaps even more significant phenomena namely the internationalization of the R&D and...

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Public Funding of R&D and Growth: Firm-level Evidence from Finland

Piekkola, Hannu - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2005

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Managerial Practices, Performance and Innovativeness: Some Evidence from Finnish Manufacturing

Koski, Heli; Marengo, Luigi; Mäkinen, Iiro - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2009

Our study aims at shedding light on the organizational mechanisms that produce differences in the firmsŽ innovation … fruitful for innovation. There are vast differences in the organizational practices leading to more innovation both between the … small and large firms, and between the firms that are functioning in high- and low-tech industries. While innovation in the …

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When Does Co-location of Manufacturing and R&D Matter?

Ketokivi, Mikko - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2006

While both manufacturing and R&D location decisions have received considerable theoretical and empirical attention from economists and organization scientists, theories and evidence regarding the co-location of the two are scarce. The goal of this article is to lay the theoretical foundation for...

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Investments in Finland. Development and international comparison (in Finnish with English abstract and summary)

Kaitila, Ville; Ylä-Anttila, Pekka - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2012

an increase in competition. The economy transformed itself from investment-driven economy to a more innovation-driven one …

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Impact of Public R&D Financing on Employment

Ali-Yrkkö, Jyrki - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2005

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