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Globalisation, industrial diversification and productivity growth in large European R&D companies
Cincera, Michele; Ravet, Julien - 2011
proxy with the presence and importance of subsidiaries in the EU, North America and Asia-Pacific regions. The sample …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011982030
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Access to finance for innovation : the role of venture capital and the stock market
Bogliacino, Francesco; Lucchese, Matteo - 2011
Financial constraints for young and small firms can prevent them from supporting innovation and employment creation. We analyze two of the various institutional mechanisms which have been proposed to circumvent it: the development of venture capital market and the stock market access. We will...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011982098
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Design and European firms' innovative performance : a less costly innovation activity for European SMEs?
Ciriaci, Daria - 2011
The objective of this study is to provide an analysis of the importance of design - defined as the procedures, choice of elements and technical preparation to implement a new product - and R&D investments as drivers of European firms' innovation performance. In addition, it specifically analyses...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011982139
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Multinationality, R&D and productivity evidence from the top R&D investors worldwide
Castellani, Davide; Montresor, Sandro; Schubert, Torben; … - 2015
The paper investigates the impact that the multinational scope of firms' activities can have on their productivity. First, we argue that such an impact is both direct and indirect, and that the latter is channelled through higher incentives to invest in R&D. Second, we posit that the composition...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011983762
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Does Europe perform too little corporate R&D? : a comparison of EU and non-EU corporate R&D performance
Moncada Paternò Castello, Pietro; Ciupagea, Constantin; … - 2009
This paper examines whether there are differences in private R&D investment performance between the EU and the US and …, if so, why. The study is based on data from the 2008 EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard. The investigation assesses … the EU is the result of sector specialisation (structural effect) the US has a stronger sectoral specialisation in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012056154
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R&D-intensive SMEs in Europe : what do we know about them?
Ortega-Argilés, Raquel; Potters, Lesley; Voigt, Peter - 2009
of SMEs in the EU economy and was the first to put in place a comprehensive SME policy framework for the EU and its … industrial R&D investment in the EU. To do so, we run a cluster analysis on a sample of top European R&D SME investors based on a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012056191