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Crafting Firm Competencies to Improve Innovative Performance.
Lokshin, Boris; Gils, Anita van; Bauer, Eva - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2008
Recent interdisciplinary research suggests that customer and technological competencies have a direct, unconditional effect on firms' innovative performance. This study extends this stream of literature by considering the effect of organizational competencies. Results from a survey-research...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856369
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Rough Road to Market: Institutional Barriers to Innovations in Africa
Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, Banji; Gehl Sampath, Padmashree - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2006
innovation framework. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712041
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Exploration and Exploitation in Technology-based Alliance Networks
Duysters, Geert; Vanhaverbeke, Wim; Beerkens, Bonnie; … - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2007
within the context of technological innovation. We differentiate among a firm's direct ties, indirect ties and degree of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856301
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The Wider Economic Impacts of High-Skilled Migrants: A Survey of the Literature
Nathan, Max - 2013
In recent years, the economics of migration literature has shown a substantial growth in papers exploring host country impacts beyond the labour market. Specifically, researchers have begun to shift their attention from labour market and fiscal changes, towards exploring what we might call 'the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329079
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The Wider Economic Impacts of High-Skilled Migrants: A Survey of the Literature
Nathan, Max - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
In recent years, the economics of migration literature has shown a substantial growth in papers exploring host country impacts beyond the labour market. Specifically, researchers have begun to shift their attention from labour market and fiscal changes, towards exploring what we might call...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010796455
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Distribution and Growth in an Economy with Limited Needs
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2001
This paper studies a model of the distribution of income under bounded needs. Utility derived from any given good reaches a bliss point at a finite consumption level of that good. On the other hand, introducing new varieties always increases utility. It is assumed that each variety is owned by a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262477
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Distribution and Growth in an Economy with Limited Needs
Saint-Paul, Gilles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001
This paper studies a model of the distribution of income under bounded needs. Utility derived from any given good reaches a bliss point at a finite consumption level of that good. On the other hand, introducing new varieties always increases utility. It is assumed that each variety is owned by a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762377
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The impact of innovation activities on productivity and firm growth: evidence from Brazil
Goedhuys, Micheline - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2007
clients, human capital development, ICT usage, product innovation and learning by exporting, with an R&D effect only in the …Using micro data from Brazilian manufacturing firms, this paper investigates the impact of a wide set of innovation … long run. Though the intensity with which firms engage in these innovation activities is sector dependent, innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712090
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Science, Technology and Development: Emerging concepts and visions
Soete, Luc - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2008
in developing countries. Building on this analysis, the paper outlines a vision of innovation for development that could … lead to a truly new research programme for innovation studies and the development of successful innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712149
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Research, higher education and innovation: redesigning multi-level governance within Europe in a period of crisis
Ritzen, Jo; Soete, Luc - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2011
In this paper we present a vision for the course Europe should take in its research and higher education policies in order to fully live up to the expectations of its citizens to provide a safe, comfortable, affluent and sustainable environment in this period of considerable financial restraint...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856336