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Innovation and performance in manufacturing industries: A comparison of the Nordic countries

Lööf, Hans; Heshmati, Almas; Asplund, Rita; Nåås, … - 2001

The availability of new internationally-harmonized innovation survey data collected from OECD countries has created … some interesting opportunities for studying the following two key areas: (1) the determinants of innovation behavior at … firm level, and (2) innovation as an important factor contributing to the economic growth. This paper looks at the …

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Dynamic Optimal Capital Structure and Technological Change

Lööf, Hans - 2003

This paper incorporates the cost of adjustment between observed and optimal leverage in explaining the variation in firm?s equity or bank-debt financing investments. Using a dynamic adjustment approach identifies the determinants to capital structure between different financial systems. In...

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The link between firm-level innovation and aggregate productivity growth: a cross-country examination

Heshmati, Almas; Lööf, Hans - 2003

This paper investigates whether failure in innovation at the firm level can account for cross-country heterogeneity in …, differs in a number of ways from much of the previous cross-country comparisons on the relationship between innovation and … productivity using firm-level data. First, a broader definition of innovation input is used in which research and development is …

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On the relationship between innovation and performance: A sensitivity analysis

Lööf, Hans; Heshmati, Almas - 2001

The objective of this study is to investigate the sensitivity of the estimated relationship between innovation and firm … different classifications of innovation. The analyses are performed in both level and growth rate dimensions. The overall …

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Persistent Exporter Performance: The importance of internal, local and global knowledge

Lööf, Hans; Nabavi, Pardis; Cook, Gary; Johansson, Börje - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2013

In this paper we investigate how various innovation strategies, local knowledge sources and global knowledge pipe …

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How can firm benefit from access to knowledge-intensive producer services?

Lööf, Hans; Nabavi, Pardis; Johansson, Börje - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2012

. Implementing a dynamic panel data approach on Swedish micro data, we test the separate and complementary effect of innovation and … innovators, temporary innovators and non-innovators. The results are consistent regardless of whether innovation efforts are …

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Learning and Productivity of Swedish Exporting Firms: The importance of Innovation Efforts and the Geography of Innovation

Lööf, Hans; Nabavi, Pardis - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2013

recurrent knowledge investment through innovation and potential spillovers from the local milieu. The majority of the exporting … that does not engage in innovation and has scarce access to external knowledge, the level of productivity is 2-12 percent … higher for an innovative firm, depending on how innovation is defined and where the innovator is located. The annual long …

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INCREASING RETURN TO SMART CITIES

Lööf, Hans; Nabavi, Pardis - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2012

Increased urbanization, global warming and sustainable growth belong to the major contemporary policy challenges. Today cities are home to more than 50% of the world population, the largest 600 urban centers generate about 60% of global GDP, and the agglomerated areas are responsible for 75% of...

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Patenting and Entrepreneurial Spawning: An Innovation Strategy Approach

Lööf, Hans; Nabavi, Pardis; Bazzazian, Navid - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2012

This paper analyzes how different innovation-strategies of incumbent firms affect the quality of their entrepreneurial … files for the period 1997-2008, three types of incumbent firms are distinguished: firms that are engaged in innovation … new firm can be linked back to the innovation strategy of the parent firm. In contrast, there is strong evidence that …

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R&D strategies and entrepreneurial spawning

Andersson, Martin; Baltzopoulos, Apostolos; Lööf, Hans - In: Research Policy 41 (2012) 1, pp. 54-68

This paper analyzes how different R&D strategies of incumbent firms affect the quantity and quality of their entrepreneurial spawning. When examining entrepreneurial ventures of ex-employees of firms with different R&D strategies, three things emerge: First, firms with persistent R&D investments...

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