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Innovation and productivity in services and manufacturing : the role of ICT investment
Aboal, Diego; Tacsir, Ezequiel - 2015
Several studies have highlighted information and communications technology (ICT) as a driver of firm productivity in developed countries. However, evidence of the impacts of ICT on services and manufacturing, particularly in developing countries, is scarce. This paper analyzes the determinants...
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Environmentally-oriented innovative strategies and firm performances in services : micro-evidence from Italy
Cainelli, Giulio (contributor);  … - 2007
This paper aims at analysing the role of the environment in innovative strategies based on firm economic performance indicators such as employment, turnover, and labour productivity growth. We exploit a unique dataset of 773 Italian service firms with 20 or more employees comprising 1993-1995...
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Assessing the localization pattern of German manufacturing & service industries : a distance based approach
Koh, Hyun-Ju; Riedel, Nadine - 2009
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Estimations of tariff equivalents for the services sectors
Fontagné, Lionel; Guillin, Amélie; Mitaritonna, Cristina - 2011
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Effects of innovation on employment : an analysis at the firm level in Bolivia
Foronda, Carlos; Beverinotti, Javier - 2021
This study quantifies the impact of process and product innovation on employment growth in Bolivia by using microdata from a survey on innovation conducted in Bolivia in 2016. Following the model of Harrison, Jaumandreu, Mairesse, and Peters (2008) and the adaptations for Latin America of Crespi...
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Frugal innovation in Germany : a qualitative analysis of potential socio-economic impacts
Tiwari, Rajnish; Fischer, Luise; Kalogerakis, Katharina - 2017
, especially between the developing and the developed world. In this paper we present the results of a trend analysis in Germany … discussing the relevance of frugal innovation for Germany. These insights were then verified in 20 semi-structured interviews … predicted a trend towards frugal solutions in Germany due to a complex interplay of various factors. One notable factor was a …
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A comparison of German and Indian innovation pathways in the auto component industry
Kalogerakis, Katharina; Fischer, Luise; Tiwari, Rajnish - 2017
of frugal innovations for Germany. One of the objectives of this project has been to identify innovation pathways that … innovation pathways in Germany with those in India. This paper is based on our investigations of innovation pathways in Indian …. The results provide insights on how certain elements of frugal innovation pathways could be implemented in Germany in …
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The role of obstacles to innovation on innovative activities : an empirical analysis : prepared for the institutions for development sector
Zahler, Andrés; Goya, Daniel; Caamaño, Matías - 2018
We study the effect of different types of barriers to innovation (financial, demand, knowledge, market, cooperation, and regulatory barriers) on firm level innovation inputs and outputs. Using a pooled sample of three Chilean innovation surveys, based on an instrumental variables approach, we...
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What pathways lead to frugal innovation? : some insights on modes & routines of frugal, technical inventions based on an analysis of patent data in German auto components industry
Tiwari, Rajnish; Bergmann, Stephan - 2018
patent data of seven auto component sector firms from Germany with a documented history of contributing cost …
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Leadership cycles
Denicolò, Vincenzo; Zanchettin, Piercarlo - 2010
We study a quality-ladder model of endogenous growth that produces stochastic leadership cycles. Over a cycle, industry leaders can innovate several successive times in the same industry, gradually increasing the magnitude of their technological lead before being replaced by a new entrant....
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