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Technologische Spezialisierung sichert Wachstumschancen

Belitz, Heike; Clemens, Marius; Gornig, Martin - In: DIW Wochenbericht 76 (2009) 11, pp. 162-168

Das Produktionsprofil seiner Wirtschaft spricht dafür, dass Deutschland gestärkt aus der gegenwärtigen Wirtschaftskrise … Güter und wissensintensiver Dienstleistungen entfällt, höher als in Deutschland. Dabei besitzt Deutschland in den forschungs … wichtigen traditionellen Handelspartner beträchtlich. Zwar ist Deutschland mit seiner hohen Exportquote und seiner …

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Deutsche Industrie durch forschungsintensive Güter erfolgreich

Belitz, Heike; Gornig, Martin; Schiersch, Alexander - In: DIW Wochenbericht 77 (2010) 9, pp. 2-10

Deutschland ist mit seiner starken Spezialisierung auf die Produktion von Investitionsgütern von der weltweiten … Rezession besonders betroffen. Das technologieintensive Produktionsprofil seiner Industrie spricht aber dafür, dass Deutschland … Produktion auf forschungsintensive Güter so stark wie hierzulande. Deutschland hat gegenüber seinen wichtigsten Wettbewerbern …

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Special Interests and Technological Change

Bellettini, Giorgio; Ottaviano, Gianmarco I.P. - 2003

We study an OLG economy where productivity growth comes from two alternative sources: process innovation and learning-by-doing. There is a trade-off between the two in so far as frequent technological updates reduce the scope for learning on existing technologies. A conflict is shown to arise...

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The Evolution of the Literature on Technological Change over time: A Survey

Conte, Andrea - 2006

the development of a more general theory of the determinants and the effects of TC. In turn, such theory has to deal …

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Multi-task learning and the reorganization of work: From Tayloristic to holistic organization

Lindbeck, Assar; Snower, Dennis J. - 1999

The paper analyzes the contemporary organizational restructuring of production and work within firms. We emphasize the shift from a "Tayloristic" organization of work (characterized by significant specialization by tasks) to a "holistic" organization (featuring job rotation, integration of tasks...

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Exhaustible Resources, Technology Choice and Industrialization of Developing Countries

Färnstrand Damsgaard, Erika - 2010

How should the world economy adapt to the increased demand for exhaustible resources from countries like China and India? To address that issue, this paper presents a dynamic model of the world economy with two technologies for production; a resource technology which uses an exhaustible resource...

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Innovation benefits from nuclear phase-out: Can they compensate the costs?

De Cian, Enrica; Carrara, Samuel; Tavoni, Massimo - 2012

This paper investigates whether an inefficient allocation of abatement, due to constraints on the use of currently available low carbon mitigation options, can promote innovation in new technologies and eventually generate welfare gains. We focus on the case of nuclear power phase out, when...

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Uncertain Technological Change under Capital Mobility

de Hek, Paul A. - 2005

The analysis in this paper shows that unpredictable variations in economic productivity may have a positive or negative effect on the average growth rate of output. This theoretical ambiguity result is not solely determined by the value of the elasticity of intertemporal substitution (of...

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Radical Innovation and Network Evolution

Phlippen, Sandra; Riccaboni, Massimo - 2007

This paper examines how a radical technological innovation affects alliance formation of firms and subsequent network structures. We use longitudinal data of interfirm R&D collaborations in the biopharmaceutical industry in which a new technological regime is established. Our findings suggest...

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Outsourcing and technological innovations: a firm-level analysis

Bartel, Ann; Lach, Saul; Sicherman, Nachum - 2008

This paper presents a dynamic model that analyzes how firms' expectations with regards to technological change influence the demand for outsourcing. We show that outsourcing becomes more beneficial to the firm when technology is changing rapidly. As the pace of innovations in production...

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