innovation framework. …

within the context of technological innovation. We differentiate among a firm's direct ties, indirect ties and degree of …

clients, human capital development, ICT usage, product innovation and learning by exporting, with an R&D effect only in the …Using micro data from Brazilian manufacturing firms, this paper investigates the impact of a wide set of innovation … long run. Though the intensity with which firms engage in these innovation activities is sector dependent, innovation …

in developing countries. Building on this analysis, the paper outlines a vision of innovation for development that could … lead to a truly new research programme for innovation studies and the development of successful innovation …

This paper proposes a framework to account for innovation similar to the usual accounting framework in production … analysis and a measure of innovativity comparable to that of total factor productivity. This innovation accounting framework is … illustrated using micro-aggregated firm data from the first Community Innovation Surveys (CIS1) for seven European countries …

In this paper, a wide range of innovation indicators are analysed in order to describe the innovation behaviour of … manufacturing firms in LAC using the recently released Enterprise Surveys 2010. The Enterprise Surveys define innovation rates as … understand the main characteristics of innovative firms and to gather new evidence with regard to the nature of the innovation …

Innovation support measures in the EU are mostly designed to support product innovation in RD intensive sectors. To … industries a broader innovation policy mix is more appropriate. This paper draws data from a survey of more than 300 SMEs from … seven regions within the European Union, as well as case studies, to address the question How can innovation policy …

knowledge. Learning for innovation is a key ingredient of catching-up processes. The analysis builds on survey data about … performance are conducive to learning for innovation. …This paper investigates the influence of human resource management on learning from internal and external sources of …