This paper develops a framework for testing discrete complementarities in innovation policy using European data on … obstacles to innovation. We propose a discrete test of supermodularity in innovation policy leading to a number of inequality … constraints. We apply our test to two types of innovation decisions: to innovate or not, and if so, by how much. We find that …

The purpose of this paper is to propose a composite innovation indicator derived from an econometric prediction of the … likelihood of innovating and of the amount of innovation performed by a particular firm, given information on its characteristics … the Community Innovation Surveys. It combines qualitative and quantitative data. It allows the comparison of …

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 …

at the firm level. The first part of our analysis is dedicated to the determinants of innovation and reveals two … different innovation regimes. On the one hand, radical innovations rely strongly on firm-level spillovers, including property … TFP growth, so that innovation height matters. Evidences show that TFP growth is better represented by an upward shift of …

issue, we build a model in which the value of an innovation depends both on the type of innovation implemented (product …

In this paper, the links between the investment in innovation activities, innovation outputs (technological and non …-technological innovation), and productivity in services and manufacturing are explored using innovation survey data from Uruguay. This is the … more consistently associated with the decision to invest in innovation activities across sectors. The main determinants of …

by workers for business purposes does not impact demand for labor. The positive impact of product innovation on labor … female labor demand. These findings underscore the Internet's importance in improving the impact of product innovation on … employment growth and suggest that employee use of the Internet is neither a labor displacement innovation nor a gender or skill …

This paper studies the degree to which innovation by Costa Rican manufacturing firms creates or displaces employment …, how different innovation strategies affect employment, and how these effects vary by firm size and type of employment … process innovations on employment growth. Particular attention is paid to identifying innovation impacts on employment …

In this paper, the links between the investment in innovation activities, innovation outputs (technological and non …-technological innovation), and productivity in services and manufacturing are explored using innovation survey data from Uruguay. This is the … more consistently associated with the decision to invest in innovation activities across sectors. The main determinants of …

the importance of technological variables - such as R&D, education and training, innovation, foreign ownership, licensing …