We examine the return to innovation in terms of economic growth at the provincial level to assess whether or not … return to innovation at the provincial level is estimated using a value-added Cobb-Douglas production function. The measure … of the effect of innovation (patenting activity) is valued-added industrial output. The data are a balanced panel for 30 …

innovation systems for the less developed regions where the “density of contacts” is much lower and possible spillovers emerge … collaboration with business sector and their role in the innovation system is quite different form their CEE counterparts. It is … mainly due to the different development path of innovation systems and development trajectories in post-communist countries …

R&D output to capture the contribution of R&D (direct and spilled-over) to regional productivity at the industry level …. The results suggest that interregional knowledge spillovers and their productivity effects are to a substantial degree …) produce interregional knowledge spillovers that have positive and highly significant productivity effects. The study, moreover …

Technology (IT) sector in Italy 2001-2005. Adopting the framework suggested by Glaeser et al. (1992) and Combes (2000), the aim …

, and suggest that the creation of new firms in Italy is associated to the exploitation of well established technological …

This paper deals with the effects of the geographic concentration of economic activity on productivity through …. First we measure and compare the effects on productivity of geographic concentration in either information technology … differential effects of concentration in IT-producing sectors and concentration in IT-using sectors on productivity. We utilize …

in India on the grounds that such measures improve productivity, efficiency and competitiveness. In a developing economy …, these are costly propositions. Also, the effect of technological changes on productivity and efficiency levels must be … estimated before implementing such policies. This paper seeks to estimate trends in factor productivity, technological progress …

analysis focuses on assessing whether the productivity of the regional manufacturing industry of non-affiliated firms is higher … benefit the most from local presence of MNFs. The MNFs have, on the other hand, no effect on non-MNF productivity in regions …

productivity growth. Knowledge is viewed as a heterogeneous asset, and an evolutionary perspective is adopted. The results of the … variety matter in shaping productivity dynamics. The check for spatial dependence suggests that cross-regional externalities … exert additional triggering effects on productivity growth, without debasing the effects of knowledge. Important policy …

championed on grounds of improving productivity, efficiency, and competitiveness. In a developing economy this is a costly … proposition due to capital scarcity, and the effect of technological changes on productivity and efficiency levels have to be … estimated before taking such policies. This paper seeks to estimate trends in Factor Productivity, Technological Progress, and …