data from the European innovation survey (CIS 2), covering Austria, France, Italy, the Netherlands and the UK, broken down …, in Italy the introduction of new machinery linked to innovation appears as the key mechanism supporting domestic …The labour productivity impact of innovation is investigated in this paper combining neo-Schumpeterian insights on the …

, productivity growth and capital-labour conflict, with profits driven by product innovation and offshoring, and wages rising faster …

demand and innovation are the key determinants for firm profitability; second that both technology adoption and R&D concur to …

for different business strategies and innovation inputs connected to product and process innovations. The empirical … analysis uses innovation survey (CIS 2) data at the industry level for 22 manufacturing sectors, broken down in three firm size …

of technological competitiveness (based on innovation in products and markets) or cost competitiveness (relying on … innovation in processes and machinery) and their impact on economic performances. We propose models for the determinants of … classes that group manufacturing and services industries with distinct patterns of innovation. Tests are carried out by …