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Immigrant Entrepreneurs and Innovation in the U.S. High-Tech Sector
Brown, J. David; Earle, John S.; Kim, Mee Jung; Lee, … - 2019
We estimate differences in innovation behavior between foreign versus U.S.-born entrepreneurs in high-tech industries … characteristics and innovation activities. We find uniformly higher rates of innovation in immigrant-owned firms for 15 of 16 … different innovation measures; the only exception is for copyright/trademark. The immigrant advantage holds for older firms as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012005891
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Embodied and Disembodied Technological Change: The Sectoral Patterns of Job-Creation and Job-Destruction
Dosi, Giovanni; Piva, Mariacristina; Virgillito, Maria … - 2019
This paper addresses, both theoretically and empirically, the sectoral patterns of job creation and job destruction in order to distinguish the alternative effects of embodied vs disembodied technological change operating into a vertically connected economy. Disembodied technological change...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012059138
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Allocation of Human Capital and Innovation at the Frontier: Firm-Level Evidence on Germany and the Netherlands
Bartelsman, Eric Jan; Dobbelaere, Sabien; Peters, Bettina - 2013
This paper examines how productivity effects of human capital and innovation vary at different points of the …-technology manufacturing, average innovation performance is higher in all industries in Germany and the innovation performance distributions … investing in product innovation in the majority of industries. Frontier firms enjoy the highest returns to product innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319600
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Allocation of Human Capital and Innovation at the Frontier: Firm-Level Evidence on Germany and the Netherlands
Bartelsman, Eric; Dobbelaere, Sabien; Peters, Bettina - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper examines how productivity effects of human capital and innovation vary at different points of the …-technology manufacturing, average innovation performance is higher in all industries in Germany and the innovation performance distributions … investing in product innovation in the majority of industries. Frontier firms enjoy the highest returns to product innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959824
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Military Spending and Innovation: Learning from 19th Century World Fair Exhibition Data
Danzer, Alexander M.; Danzer, Natalia; Feuerbaum, Carsten - 2023
We provide quantitative evidence on the relationship between military spending and innovation in the 19th century …. Combining innovation data from world fairs and historical military data across Europe, we show that national military spending … is associated with national innovation towards war logistics such as food processing, but less towards war technology …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014296778
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Structural Change and Innovation as Exit Strategies from the Middle Income Trap
Vivarelli, Marco - 2014
and innovation, trying to map – using the taxonomies put forward by the innovation literature – the concrete ways through … involved into globalized markets where domestic innovation has to be complemented by the role played by international … technological transfer. Among the ways how a middle income country can foster domestic innovation and structural change in terms of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010352253
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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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The Race for an Artificial General Intelligence: Implications for Public Policy
Naudé, Wim; Dimitri, Nicola - 2018
research is needed to elaborate the design of systems of public procurement of AI innovation and for appropriately adjusting … the legal frameworks underpinning high-tech innovation, in particular dealing with patents created by AI. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011931702
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Structural Change and Innovation as Exit Strategies from the Middle Income Trap
Vivarelli, Marco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
and innovation, trying to map – using the taxonomies put forward by the innovation literature – the concrete ways through … involved into globalized markets where domestic innovation has to be complemented by the role played by international … technological transfer. Among the ways how a middle income country can foster domestic innovation and structural change in terms of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884188
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The Impact of a New Quality Management Practice on Firm Performance: Evidence from Pakistan
Faran, Mahvish; Taylor, Karl - 2021
This paper uses a novel firm level data set to investigate the impact of a unique quality management practice on the production and productivity of a large-scale garments manufacturer in Pakistan. The analysis provides evidence that production complexity is an important element in determining...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012882451