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Micro-Evidence on the Determinants of Innovation in The Netherlands: The Relative Importance of Absorptive Capacity and Agglomeration Externalities

Smit, Martijn J.; Abreu, Maria A.; de Groot, Henri L.F. - 2010

externalities in explaining variation in innovation rates across firms. More specifically, we combine micro-data and census data to … estimate the probability that a firm will introduce a goods, service or process innovation. We consider internal firm … agglomeration variables are only significant for a few specific sectors, and even then only for some types of innovation. …

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The Geography of R&D; Tobit Analysis and Bayesian Approach to Mapping R&D Activities for The Netherlands

Ouwersloot, Hans; Rietveld, Piet - 2000

Regions vary strongly according to the participation of firms in R&Dactivity.By linking data on R&D activity at thefirm level with GIS based data on economic, and other locationfeatures of zoneswe are able to investigate the impactof local factors on R&D involvement for various types of...

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New Explanatory Models for Analysing Spatial Innovation: A Comparative Investigation

Reggiani, A.; Nijkamp, P.; Sabella, E. - 1999

Innovation research has become an important topic in regional science analysis. Yet the modelling base of much … innovation research is still feeble. This paper aims to map out the research potential of recent approaches in quantitative … space-economy. The urban context of European innovation processes is used as an empirical background. The paper addresses …

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Knowledge Spillovers and Economic Growth

van Stel, André; Nieuwenhuijsen, Henry - 2002

The importance of knowledge spillovers for achieving innovation and economic growth is widely recognized. It is not … this controversy using a model of regional growth. The model also deals with the impact of local competition on innovation …

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Pharmaceutical Research Strategies

Phlippen, Sandra; Vermeersch, An - 2008

This study analyses 1400 research projects of the top 20 R&D-spending pharmaceuticals to identify the determinants of successful research projects. We provide clear evidence that externally sourced projects and projects involving biotechnologies perform better than internal projects and chemical...

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The Effect of Job Satisfaction on Job Search: Not just whether, but also where

Delfgaauw, Josse - 2005

Using survey data of public sector employees in the Netherlands, this paper shows that workers' satisfaction with various job domains not only affects whether but also where workers search for another job. An intuitive pattern emerges. Workers try to leave their current employer when their job...

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Organization Context and Human Resource Management in the Small Firm

de Kok, Jan; Uhlaner, Lorraine M. - 2001

This paper examines the relationship between organization contextual variables and humanresource management (HRM) practices in small firms. The proposed model is based on anintegration of theoretical perspectives, including the resource-based approach, institutionaltheory, transaction cost...

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