capacity for the post-merger patent productivity of the acquired inventors. Based on a sample of 544 inventors employed by …Inventors often experience a low productivity after their company has been subject to a merger or acquisition (M … counteracting innovation declines after M&As. This paper provides empirical evidence into the role of acquiring firms' absorptive …

This paper examines Total Factor Productivity (TFP) and knowledge flows, using international patent data. The result is …-industry innovation enhances domestic productivity, and domestic between industry innovations are productivity enhancing. However, foreign …-sourced between-industry innovation has a negative effect on domestic productivity. This highlights the dual aspect of patents as a …

We hypothesize, and test for, a negative effect of the length of the commute on worker’s productivity, by examining … whether the commute has a positive effect on worker’s absenteeism. Our estimates for Germany indicate that commuting distance …

We analyze the causal effect of the length of the worker's commute on worker's productivity, by examining whether … commuting time has any effect on worker's labour market supply. Using the Spanish Time Use Survey 2002-03, our GMM/IV estimation … yields a positive causal impact of commuting time on the time devoted to the labour market, with one hour of commuting …

on the empirical evidence from time diary data, and discusses the implications of telework for workers' productivity … time on commuting and grooming activities by over one hour on telework days. This time is reallocated to household and …

on the empirical evidence from time diary data, and discusses the implications of telework for workers' productivity …. Telework results in significant time savings for workers, as they reduce time on commuting and grooming activities by over one … for some. There is also evidence that telework can increase productivity for some workers and those workers may …

mechanisms for medium inventions, and patent their most important innovations. This result reestablishes the traditional view …

This paper examines the diversity of the types of links of firms to science and their effect on innovation performance …, firms with a science link enjoy superior innovation performance, in particular with respect to innovations that are new to … the market. At the invention level, our findings confirm that patents from firms engaged in science are more frequently …

associated with their innovation performance. Using a sample of Flemish firms, we show that there exists considerable … heterogeneity in the type of links to science at the firm level. Overall, firms with a science link enjoy superior innovation … performance, in particular with respect to innovations that are new to the market. At the invention level, our findings confirm …

We assess the efficiency of regional innovation systems (RIS) in Germany by means of a knowledge production function … efficiency of its innovation system is inversely u-shaped. Regions dominated by large establishments tend to be less efficient …