occurrence. Eventually, we relate productivity and innovation slowdowns deriving tables of trends co-movements, weighted by input …A growing number of studies identify a generalized slowdown in labor productivity growth. The very existence of the … of the observed trends. We posit that the composition of aggregate productivity matters. In a nutshell, we make the …

In this paper different formulae for the decomposition of aggregate productivity levels and changes are applied to a … sample of German manufacturing firms that pertain to 11 different industries at a roughly two-digit level observed over the … period 1981-1998. Productivity is measured by a nonparametric frontier function approach. The decompositions of productivity …

1981-93 and assigned to eleven manufacturing industries. We analyze these data with two novel methods, Salter curves and … German manufacturing firms taking account of sectoral differences. …

occurrence. Eventually, we relate productivity and innovation slowdowns deriving tables of trends co-movements, weighted by input …A growing number of studies identify a generalized slowdown in labor productivity growth. The very existence of the … of the observed trends. We posit that the composition of aggregate productivity matters. In a nutshell, we make the …

industry. We consider innovation as a new alignment of needs and opportunities, where markets and technology are not the …In this paper we propose a new mental representation of how markets, technology and their interaction concur in … explaining the why of a certain innovation instead of another. We empirically test this theory in the telecommunication switches …

describes informal innovative activities and thus complements the 'science-technology-innovation mode' (STI) based on research …The 'doing-using-interacting mode' of innovation (DUI) is considered an important component of innovative activity. It … DUI mode and how they should be measured. Based upon 81 in-depth interviews with German SMEs and regional innovation …

investment (FDI) as a channel for knowl- edge spillovers in addition to imports. Deeper insights on the issue are provided by … and technology and patent ap- plications. Using cointegration estimation method on 20 European countries from 1995 to 2010 …, the direct effects of FDI-related as well as import-related spillovers on domestic productivity are confirmed. Furthermore …

investment (FDI) as a channel for knowl- edge spillovers in addition to imports. Deeper insights on the issue are provided by … and technology and patent ap- plications. Using cointegration estimation method on 20 European countries from 1995 to 2010 …, the direct effects of FDI-related as well as import-related spillovers on domestic productivity are confirmed. Furthermore …