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The Past and Future of Manufacturing in Central and Eastern Europe: Ready for Industry 4.0?
Naudé, Wim; Surdej, Aleksander; Cameron, Martin - 2019
In this paper we determine the industry 4.0 (I4.0) readiness of eight Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs): Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Romania, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia. We outline the nature of manufacturing in the region, describe three distinct...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012005842
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Is corporate R&D investment in high-tech sectors more effective? Some guidelines for European Research Policy
Ortega-Argilés, Raquel; Piva, Mariacristina; Potters, … - 2009
This paper discusses the link between R&D and productivity across the European industrial and service sectors. The empirical analysis is based on both the European sectoral OECD data and on a unique micro longitudinal database consisting of 532 top European R&D investors. The main conclusions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269087
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Industrialization under Medieval Conditions? Global Development after COVID-19
Naudé, Wim - 2020
€“ innovation and trade – are in danger of being compromised by the COVID-19 pandemic, under conditions increasingly reminiscent … of the medieval world. It comes at a time when innovation had already been stagnating under guild-like corporate …. The COVID-19 pandemic may cause a permanent reduction in innovation and entrepreneurship and may even bring the 4th …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012322628
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Is Corporate R&D Investment in High-Tech Sectors More Effective? Some Guidelines for European Research Policy
Ortega-Argilés, Raquel; Piva, Mariacristina; Potters, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
This paper discusses the link between R&D and productivity across the European industrial and service sectors. The empirical analysis is based on both the European sectoral OECD data and on a unique micro longitudinal database consisting of 532 top European R&D investors. The main conclusions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005078574
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Spanish regional unemployment revisited: The role of capital accumulation
Bande, Roberto; Karanassou, Marika - 2010
capital stock. After classifying the 17 Spanish regions into high and low unemployment groups using kernel and cluster …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269818
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Inference with Arbitrary Clustering
Colella, Fabrizio; Lalive, Rafael; Sakalli, Seyhun Orcan; … - 2019
regressors and (ii) the choice of cluster bandwidth. Finally, we provide a companion statistical package (acreg) enabling users …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012141220
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Spanish Regional Unemployment Revisited: The Role of Capital Accumulation
Bande, Roberto; Karanassou, Marika - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
capital stock. After classifying the 17 Spanish regions into high and low unemployment groups using kernel and cluster …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008550520
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A model for industrial development of the federal region of Kurdistan: science and technology policy, instruments and institutions
Heshmati, Almas - 2007
This report introduces two of the most successful industrial development models of the modern time the Japanese as a leader and the South Korean as its follower. The objective is to review the industrialization process in these two economies which have served as a model for development in many...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268872
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Investment Grants and Firms' Productivity: How Effective Is a Grant Booster Shot?
Alexandre, Fernando; Chaves, Miguel; Portela, Miguel - 2022
This paper investigates the effect of awarding a second investment grant to the same firm. We implement a Regression Discontinuity Design strategy using a very rich firm-level administrative database, which allows us to link applications to grants and their scores to firms' performance. Overall,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014296523
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Mapping 'Information Economy' Businesses with Big Data: Findings for the UK
Nathan, Max; Rosso, Anna; Bouet, Francois - 2014
Governments around the world want to develop their ICT and digital industries. Policymakers thus need a clear sense of the size and characteristics of digital businesses, but this is hard to do with conventional datasets and industry codes. This paper uses innovative 'big data' resources to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010468187