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Bianchini, Stefano; Pellegrino, Gabriele; Tamagni, Federico - 2016

In this work, we explore the relations between sales growth and a set of innovation indicators that capture the … different sources, modes and results of the innovative activity undertaken within firms. We exploit a rich panel on innovation …-2011. Standard GMM-panel estimates of the average effect of innovation activities reveal significant and positive effect for internal …

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Innovation pattern heterogeneity: a data-driven retrieval of the firms' approaches to innovation

Capasso, Marco; Rybalka, Marina - 2021

Innovation is one of the usual suspects in defining differences in performance among firms, according to a strong and … to elaborate appropriate innovation policies. Our study explores the diversity of innovation patterns among Norwegian … firms included in the 2018 Community innovation survey (CIS2018). By applying factor analysis on a wide array of survey …

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The dynamics of skills : technology and business cycles

Cirillo, Valeria; Pianta, Mario; Nascia, Leopoldo - 2015

except managers experience job losses that are mainly driven by the introduction of process innovation. In services, a … hold. During the downswing most established links break down; in particular, product innovation loses its positive impact …

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Digital technologies, employment and skills

Reljic, Jelena; Evangelista, Rinaldo; Pianta, Mario - 2019

The diffusion of digital technologies and their impact on employment and skills is investigated inthis article considering six major European countries (Germany, France, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom) and 42 manufacturing and service industriesover the 2009-2014 period. We...

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Technology and costs in international competitiveness : from countries and sectors to firms

Dosi, Giovanni; Grazzi, Marco; Moschella, Daniele - 2014

This paper examines the determinants of international competitiveness at the level of sectors and firms. First, we address the relation between cost-related and technological competition in a sample of fifteen OECD countries. Results suggest that the countries' sectoral market shares are indeed...

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Technological Capabilities, Technological Dynamism and Innovation Offshoring

Schubert, Torben - 2016

In this paper we analyze the conditions under which firms decide to offshore innovation. We consider the role of … technological change. Using unique data from the German Innovation Survey we find that while high speed of technological change … tends to drive innovation offshoring, high uncertainty about future technology developments results in more innovation …

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Technological Capabilities, Technological Dynamism and Innovation Offshoring

Schubert, Torben; Baier, Elisabeth; Rammer, Christian - 2018

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The Determinants and Effects of Environmental Product Innovations

Türpitz, Katharina - 2014

The aim of the Integrated Product Policy (IPP) is to promote product-related eco-innovations. These, in turn, depend on both support for the development of environmentally-friendly products and stimulation of demand for such products. However, it is companies that play the crucial role in the...

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Green Innovations and Organizational Change : Making Better Use of Environmental Technology

Hottenrott, Hanna; Rexhauser, Sascha; Veugelers, Reinhilde - 2014

The literature on within-firm organizational change and productivity suggests that firms can make more efficient use of certain technologies if complementary forms of organization are adopted. This issue may be of even greater importance for the case of greenhouse gas (GHG) abatement...

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Business cycles, technology and exports

Guarascio, Dario; Pianta, Mario; Lucchese, Matteo; … - 2015

relationships between innovation and international performance. While periods of upswing are characterised by a well documented … 'virtuous circle'. between innovation inputs, new products and export success, during downswings most of the positive … diversity of technological change allows to disentangle the specificities and effects of innovation inputs and outputs, and of …

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