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Fingerprints of the visible hand : Chandlerian organizations and their inward looking malaise
Gambardella, Alfonso (contributor);  … - 2004
their inward looking or exploitationʺ attitude in R&D and innovation. We argue that because of sunk costs and learning …. Among other things, this suggests that explorationʺ, which leads to the opening of new innovation trajectories, requires not …
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Towards the factory 4.0? : convergence and divergence of lean models in Italian automotive plants
Moro, Angelo; Virgillito, Maria Enrica - 2021
-organisational configurations of these factories confirm that this wave of technological innovation is far from leading to total automation or the …
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The cost-quantity relations and the diverse patterns of "learning by doing" : Evidence from India
Dosi, Giovanni; Grazzi, Marco; Mathew, Nanditha - 2016
"Learning-by-doing" is usually identified as a process whereby performance increases with experience in production. The paper investigates different patterns of "learning by doing", studying learning curves at product level. Cost-quantity relationships differ a lot across products belonging to...
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Financing the capital development of the economy : a Keynes-Schumpeter-Minsky synthesis
Mazzucato, Mariana; Wray, L. Randall - 2015
This paper discusses the role that finance plays in promoting the capital development of the economy, with particular emphasis on the current situation of the United States and the United Kingdom. We define both "finance" and "capital development" very broadly. We begin with the observation that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010517057
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Science-technology-industry links and the "European paradox" : some notes on the dynamics of scientific and technological research in Europe
Dosi, Giovanni (contributor); Llerena, Patrick (contributor) - 2005
This paper discusses, first, the properties of scientific and technological knowledge and the institutions supporting its generation and its economic applications. The evidence continues to support the broad interpretation which we call the ʺStanford-Yale-Sussexʺ synthesis. Second, such...
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Wages and productivity in Argentinian manufacturing : a structuralist and distributional firm-level analysis
Gómez, María Celeste; Virgillito, Maria Enrica - 2022
Wages and productivity represent two of the most relevant variables to consider in economic development. Given the low productivity levels that emerging countries reveal, the accumulation of productive capabilities and a narrower dispersion across sectors would enable emerging countries to...
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Firm size, managerial practices and innovativeness : some evidence from Finnish manufacturing
Koski, Heli; Marengo, Luigi; Mäkinen, Iiro - 2009
appear to be vast differences in the organizational practices leading to more innovation both between small and large firms …, and between the firms that operate in high- and low-tech industries. While innovation in small firms benefits from the … incentive for innovation among the sampled companies seems to be the ownership of a firm’s stocks by employees and/or managers …
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Automation, digitalization and decarbonization in the European automotive industry : a roadmap towards a just transition
Cetrulo, Armanda; Dosi, Giovanni; Moro, Angelo; Nelli, … - 2023
This position paper outlines the characteristics of the trends at stake in affecting the twin transition in the European automotive industry, and the political economy of the actors behind such transition. We first describe the automation and digitalization processes in the automotive sector and...
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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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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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