adds to the productivity of current R&D, but also affects whether a firm applies for full patent or utility model …

relationship between job creation and innovation, as measured by R&D investments, in Norwegian manufacturing. We compare job …

innovation and competition. The model is built on the assumption of a product market and has not yet been tested on the service … for exporting service-sector firms. A further breakdown of innovation expenditures shows that the inverse U-shaped pattern … competitors. The behavior of large firms can partly be due to their superior capacity to handle innovation projects internally …

This article analyses the determinants of research and development (R&D) and the role of innovation on labour … in promoting innovation in both manufacturing and service industries, and driving growth throughout the regional economy … very prone to carrying out R&D and they invest more in innovation projects. R&D expenditures, output innovation, investment …

This paper proposes a framework to account for innovation similar to the usual accounting framework in production … analysis and a measure of innovativity comparable to that of total factor productivity. This innovation accounting framework is … illustrated using micro-aggregated firm data from the first Community Innovation Surveys (CIS1) for seven European countries …

production, and the impact of innovation on firm performance. Several results stand out. Overall, the statistical relationships … within the model are surprisingly robust, including the contributions of R&D expenditure to new product (NP) innovation … those found in the US literature. We find that new product (NP) innovation accounts for approximately 12% of the total …

. (1998) Research, Innovation, and Productivity: An Econometric Analysis at the Firm Level. Economics of Innovation and New … Technology, 7(2), 115-158.) about the impact of research and development on innovation and innovation on productivity of firms …