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In a novel real-effort setting, we experimentally study the effects of different communication media on creative performance in a collaborative tasks. We find that creative performance significantly decreases when group members communicate via chat instead of face-to-face. However, we find no...
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This paper analyses the determinants of different innovation types. Beside a wide range of firm characteristics also … rate and the share of MINT-graduates. The unemployment rate has also for some of the innovation combos a significant effect …. The proportion of MINT-graduates is relevant for the probability of all 4 innovation types simultaneously. …
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subsample of 2,949 firms from the third European Community Innovation Survey (CIS 3). A bivariate probit analysis framework is … innovation intensity. This paper also discusses an alternative test procedure that permits an extension of Cragg's test in the … analysis of survey data with weighted observations. Results show that R&D is strictly linked to product innovation, while TA is …
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increasing team size that we call the "racing against time" hypothesis: With innovation races more competitive globally, R …&D firms need to finish research projects as quickly as possible and therefore have an incentive to put together a team with …
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Can the existence of positive productivity spillovers between co-workers be explained by the presence of complementarities in a firm's production function? A simple model demonstrates that this is possible when workers perform their tasks sequentially and part of individuals' pay is determined...
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greater survival is achieved when startups engage successfully in both product innovation and process innovation, with a key …
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Federal research funding to universities is often based on a desire to stimulate innovation - so that they spend … innovation and productivity growth. In this paper we use new data to examine how the main organizational structure used to train …
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remaining collaborators not only by reducing their team-specific capital (as argued in the prior literature) but also by … resources or more attractive working conditions. These benefits can partially compensate for the negative effect of reduced team …
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We analyze the link between R&D, innovation, and productivity in MSMEs with a special focus on micro firms with fewer … the probability of reporting innovation, with a larger effect size for product than for process innovations. Moreover …, micro firms benefit in a comparable way from innovation processes as larger firms, as they are similarly able to increase …
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We study how profit taxation affects plants' R&D spending and innovation activities. Relying on geocoded survey panel …
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