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The main purpose of this study is to determine what are the main factors which stand behind the diversity in performance of business services measured by their contribution to growth in the EU Member States. We show that in addition to typical growth factors which enhance labour productivity,...
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This study uses newly available representative data from German business services firms and a continuous treatment approach based on the generalized propensity score to test for a causal effect of R&D activities (measured by the share of engineers and natural scientists in all employees) on the...
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This paper contributes to the literature by providing the first evidence on the link between innovation activities … convincing attempt to investigate the direction of the causal link between exports and innovation activities. …
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During the last 20 years, R&D and innovation activities in the service sector have clearly increased. Especially …" of technological information within the economy. They are providers, purchasers or partners in the context of innovation …. A sound innovation capacity, especially knowledge, creativity, market and management skills let them become bridges for …
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In this paper, it is argued that ICT investment is closely linked with complementary innovations and most productive in firms with innovative experience. In an analysis based on firm?level panel data covering the period 1994?99, system GMM estimates for an extended production function framework...
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Information and knowledge are important prerequisites for innovation activity in firms. One important means of … acquiring coplementary knowledge are innovation networks. Depending on their absortive capacity and knowledge base, firms … differences between manufacturing firms and business-related service firms. Using data from a regional innovation survey carried …
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investigated the link between innovation performance and employment growth. First we discuss the problem from the theoretical point … of view and then we analyze the relationship between innovation performance and the dynamics of employment in the Polish … the impact of innovation on employment growth depends on the macroeconomic situation. …
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at contributing to an integrative debate about innovation and value creation by analyzing innovation management … innovation may be seen as an entity within a multidimensional business landscape where relatedness, dynamism and variety are key … dimensions. The innovation is typically positioned within some partly visible, partly invisible business landscape where it needs …
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