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Regional Determinants of Establishments' Innovation Activities: A Multi-Level Approach
Bellmann, Lutz; Crimmann, Andreas; Evers, Katalin; … - 2013
This paper analyses the determinants of different innovation types. Beside a wide range of firm characteristics also the effects of regional factors are estimated using three-level random effect logit models which account for the clustered and longitudinal structure of the data. The analyses...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010328879
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Regional Determinants of Establishments' Innovation Activities: A Multi-Level Approach
Bellmann, Lutz; Crimmann, Andreas; Evers, Katalin; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper analyses the determinants of different innovation types. Beside a wide range of firm characteristics also the effects of regional factors are estimated using three-level random effect logit models which account for the clustered and longitudinal structure of the data. The analyses...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959654
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Innovation, Firm Survival and Productivity: The State of the Art
Ugur, Mehmet; Vivarelli, Marco - 2020
We review the theoretical underpinnings and the empirical findings of the literature that investigates the effects of innovation on firm survival and firm productivity, which constitute the two main channels through which innovation drives growth. We aim to contribute to the ongoing debate along...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012322453
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Returns to Computer Use and Organizational Practices of the Firm
Dostie, Benoît; Trépanier, Mathieu - 2005
In this paper, we test the hypothesis that computer use will lead to productivity gains only if the firm uses an appropriate set of organizational practices. Detailed data on organizational practices and workers? compensation are obtained through a Canadian longitudinal linked employer-employee...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273753
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Digital Entrepreneurship Research: A Concise Introduction
Naudé, Wim; Liebregts, Werner - 2020
In the past few decades, technological progress has led to the digitization and digitalization of economies into what one could now call digital economies. The COVID-19 pandemic will accelerate the development of the digital economy. In a digital economy, digital entrepreneurs pursue...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012322466
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Returns to Computer Use and Organizational Practices of the Firm
Dostie, Benoit; Trépanier, Mathieu - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
In this paper, we test the hypothesis that computer use will lead to productivity gains only if the firm uses an appropriate set of organizational practices. Detailed data on organizational practices and workers’ compensation are obtained through a Canadian longitudinal linked...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703382
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Technological capabilities and patterns of cooperation of UK firms: a regional investigation
Iammarino, Simona; Piva, Mariacristina; Vivarelli, Marco; … - 2009
This paper focuses on the relationship between firms' technological capabilities and different forms of cooperation for … dichotomy of 'innovative' versus 'non-innovative' firms commonly used in interpreting CIS data. Secondly, we find that the … degrees of firms' technological capabilities. These findings may be useful to help policy making to meet the priorities …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277122
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Technological Capabilities and Patterns of Cooperation of UK Firms: A Regional Investigation
Iammarino, Simona; Piva, Mariacristina; Vivarelli, Marco; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
This paper focuses on the relationship between firms' technological capabilities and different forms of cooperation for … dichotomy of 'innovative' versus 'non-innovative' firms commonly used in interpreting CIS data. Secondly, we find that the … degrees of firms' technological capabilities. These findings may be useful to help policy making to meet the priorities …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822614
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Got technology? The impact of computers and cell phones on productivity in a difficult business climate ; evidence from firms with female owners in Kenya
Menon, Nidhiya - 2011
Firms in Kenya rely on technologies such as computers, cell-phones, and generators to overcome constraints associated … significant positive impacts on productivity as measured by value-added per worker, especially for firms with female principal … average regional elevation. Results indicate that for firms with female owners, technology adoption improves value-added per …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274691
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Got Technology? The Impact of Computers and Cell Phones on Productivity in a Difficult Business Climate: Evidence from Firms with Female Owners in Kenya
Menon, Nidhiya - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Firms in Kenya rely on technologies such as computers, cell-phones, and generators to overcome constraints associated … significant positive impacts on productivity as measured by value-added per worker, especially for firms with female principal … average regional elevation. Results indicate that for firms with female owners, technology adoption improves value-added per …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008788724