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innovation activities on rm productivity. Using a rotating panel data sample of Danish rms, we nd that di erent types of … productivity levels than forms that adopt organisational innovation but not process innovation that again demonstrate greater … productivity than rms that do not adopt process innovation but not organisational innovation. Finally, we establish that product …
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We use a panel of European firms to investigate the relationship between intangible assets and productivity. We … disentangle between tfp and technology adoption, while available studies so far have considered only a notion of productivity … existence of multiple technologies. We find that intangible assets both push the firm towards better technologies (technology …
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-level research and development (R&D) investment in Chile on firm productivity. Because the two programs target different kinds of …This paper estimates the direct and spillover effects of two matching grants schemes designed to promote firm … projects - the National Productivity and Technological Development Fund (FONTEC) subsidizes intramural R&D, while the Science …
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incentives are mostly concentrated in the medium range of the firm productivity distribution. These findings are robust to …The effect of market competition on firm innovation remains controversial, especially in the context of developing … countries. This paper presents new empirical evidence about the causal impact of competition on firm innovation for Chilean and …
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COVID-19, innovation, and technical efficiency for 13 Caribbean countries using the Innovation, Firm Performance, and Gender … (IFPG) firm-level dataset. The results indicate that firms expect average technical efficiency to fall by over 100 percent …
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Several studies have highlighted information and communications technology (ICT) as a driver of firm productivity in …, is scarce. This paper analyzes the determinants of investment in ICT at the firm level and how investments in ICT … ultimately affect innovation and productivity in Uruguayan service firms compared to manufacturing firms. The results show that …
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This paper evaluates the impact of the introduction of savings groups on poverty, vulnerability, and financial inclusion outcomes in rural Peru. Using a cluster randomized control trial and relying on both survey and administrative records, we investigate the impact of savings groups after more...
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Despite extensive research efforts, the magnitude of the effect of employment protection legislation (EPL) on unemployment remains unclear. Existing econometric estimates exhibit substantial variation, and it is therefore difficult to draw valid conclusions. This paper applies meta-analysis and...
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Characterizing the future performance of energy technologies can improve the development of energy policies that have net benefits under a broad set of future conditions. In particular, decisions about public investments in research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) that promote...
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