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R&D over the Life Cycle
Sanders, M.; Bos, J.W.B.; Economidou, C. - School of Economics, Universiteit Utrecht - 2007
This paper presents a model of the life cycle that drives and is driven by R&D. In the model, firms have the option to improve their quality or to invest R&D resources in efficiency gains. Faced with this tradeoff, young firms opt for quality instead of efficiency improvements, whereas more...
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Innovation over the industry life-cycle: Evidence from EU manufacturing
Bos, Jaap W.B.; Economidou, Claire; Sanders, Mark W.J.L. - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 86 (2013) C, pp. 78-91
Empirical research has revealed some regularities regarding the innovation that takes place over the industry life …-cycle. First, innovation is high when an industry is young and low when the industry matures, and second, product innovation … decreases with industry maturity, while process innovation increases. The implications of these regularities are profound, but …
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Editor's Overview
Sharpe, Andrew - In: International Productivity Monitor 5 (2002) Fall, pp. 1-2
; the impact of economic reform on British productivity growth; productivity and policy reform in Australia; the measurement …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005650238
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Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Growth: The David-Goliath Symbiosis
Baumol, William J. - In: Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance 7 (2002) 2, pp. 1-10
Investment in innovation in industrialized economies increasingly is taken over by large firms that operate their own R … do this for survival. But such routinized innovation has not replaced the individual independent innovator, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010765328
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Empowerment as a success factor in start-up companies
Schneider, Julia; Dowling, Michael; Raghuram, Sumita - In: Review of Managerial Science 1 (2007) 2, pp. 167-184
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008515477
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The Role of Regional Knowledge Sources for Innovation: An Empirical Assessment
Slavtchev, Viktor; Fritsch, Michael - Fakultät Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Technische … - 2005
innovation while the mere size of the universities is unimportant. Differences in the effect on innovative output can be found …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009207049
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The Missing Middle
Krueger, Anne O. - eSocialSciences - 2009
The purpose of this paper is to provide evidence, and argue, that stunning as India’s success is, the potential – and need – is for still more reform and more rapid growth. 8 percent is a good rate of growth, but many are destined needlessly to be left behind for years to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528352
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Accelerated growth and structural transformation: Assessing Ghana’s options to reach middle-income status
Breisinger, Clemens; Diao, Xinshen; Thurlow, James; Yu, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007
Ghana has made considerable progress over the last 20 years in sustaining economic growth and reducing poverty. The Government of Ghana has declared its new development goal of reaching middle-income status by 2015. Achieving this goal will require Ghana to double its per capita income over the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132791
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Total factor productivity effects of interregional knowledge spillovers in manufacturing industries across Europe
Scherngell, Thomas; Fischer, Manfred M.; Reismann, Martin - In: Romanian Journal of Regional Science 1 (2007) 1, pp. 1-16
The objective of this study is to identify knowledge spillovers that spread across regions in Europe and vary in magnitude for different industries. The study uses a panel of 203 NUTS-2 regions covering the 15 pre-2004 EU-member-states to estimate the impact over the period 1998-2003, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005572343
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Effect of inflation uncertainty, output uncertainty and oil price on inflation and growth in Australia
Mallik, Girijasankar; Chowdhury, Anis - In: Journal of Economic Studies 38 (2011) September, pp. 414-429
and growth uncertainty for Australia. Design/methodology/approach – Multivariate EGARCH models has been used to estimate … the relationship between inflation, inflation uncertainty, growth and growth uncertainty for Australia. Findings – Using … inflation-targeting monetary policy in Australia. Research limitations/implications – Multivariate EGARCH model can be used to …
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