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high growth are phenomena of the modern period. In order to explain these phenomena we propose an innovation-driven growth …
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We propose an innovation-driven growth model in which education is determined by family background and cognitive …
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scientific and technological knowledge, the cognitive basis of entrepreneurship, and the competences for managing market and non … knowledge-base needed for their peoples' well-being and their firms' competitive success in international markets. Nor does the … information infrastructure investments in order to reduce the costs of effective access to global knowledge bases in science and …
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This empirical research note documents the relationship between composition of a firm's workforce (with a special focus on age and gender) and its performance with respect to innovative activities (outlays and employment in research and development (R&D)) for a large representative sample of...
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This empirical research note documents the relationship between composition of a firm's workforce (with a special focus on age and gender) and its performance with respect to innovative activities (outlays and employment in research and development (R&D)) for a large representative sample of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291425
The recent 'scientification' of commercial technology has brought the interface between universities and industry into sharp focus. In particular, academic entrepreneurship, i.e., the variety of ways in which academics take direct part in the commercialization of research, is widely discussed....
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Understanding the factors that may produce a sustained rate of innovation is important for promoting economic … development and growth. In this paper, we examine the role of human capital in firms’ innovation by using a large sample of … small and medium sized cities. Patent applications are used as the measure of innovation. Human capital indicators used …
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The wave of digital-industrial innovation which begins to disrupt vast sectors of the global economy has fueled fear of … promote digital innovation and facilitate the adoption of skills-augmenting technologies, and strengthened private sector …
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of highly valued products. In so doing, we suggest an innovation policy framework based on two pillars: (i) the … accumulation, investment, and upgrading of knowledge and (ii) the implementation of mechanisms that enable knowledge to be … exploited such that growth and societal prosperity are encouraged. Knowledge is a necessary but far from sufficient condition …
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A new wave of innovation is beginning to disrupt industry on a global scale. It constitutes a tremendous opportunity …. Academic research and the public debate have focused mostly on the threat that innovation poses to jobs and wages. This paper …. While some jobs will be displaced, the greatest impact of innovation will come in the way that many jobs will be transformed …
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