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The impact of innovation activities on productivity and firm growth: evidence from Brazil
Goedhuys, Micheline - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2007
activities on firms' total factor productivity (TFP) and its subsequent effect on firm growth, measured by sales. Controlling for … size and age of the firms, productivity levels and productivity growth of firms over time are found to be key drivers of … firm size adjustments. The activities leading to higher productivity levels are organizational change, cooperation with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005209851
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The impact of innovation activities on productivity and firm growth: evidence from Brazil
Goedhuys, Micheline - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2007
activities on firms' total factor productivity (TFP) and its subsequent effect on firm growth, measured by sales. Controlling for … size and age of the firms, productivity levels and productivity growth of firms over time are found to be key drivers of … firm size adjustments. The activities leading to higher productivity levels are organizational change, cooperation with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712090
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Geographic Localization of International Technology Diffusion
Keller, Wolfgang - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
Convergence in per capita income across countries turns on whether technological knowledge spillovers are global or local in a large class of models. This Paper estimates the amount of spillovers from R&D expenditures in major industrialized countries on a geographic basis. A new data set is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124371
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Recent evidence on agricultural efficiency and productivity in China: a metafrontier approach
Rungsuriyawiboon, Supawat; Wang, Xiaobing - Leibniz-Institut für Agrarentwicklung in … - 2007
significant changes in efficiency and productivity. This paper measures agricultural technical efficiency (TE) and total factor … productivity (TFP) in China by allowing producers operating under their own technologies. A metafrontier function approach is …G E R M A N V E R S I O N: Chinas wirtschaftliche Reformen halfen der Landwirtschaft, die Struktur und dem Umfang der …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008597137
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Natural Capital, Sustainability and Productivity: An Exploration of the Linkages
Olewiler, Nancy - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS); The …
the crucial, but often ignored, role of productivity in the maintenance of natural capital sustainability. Olewiler …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005481813
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Tales From Two Neighbors; Productivity Growth in Canada and the United States
Cerisola, Martin D.; Chan-Lau, Jorge A. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000
This paper assesses productivity trends in Canada vis-a-vis the United States from two perspectives. The first one is … based on estimates of total factor productivity. The second one decomposes productivity growth into two sources: investment … underlying cause of the pickup in productivity in Canada and the narrowing of the productivity gap with the United States. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005248234
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Optimal Timing of Climate Change Policy: Interaction Between Carbon Taxes and Innovation Externalities
Gerlagh, Reyer; Kverndokk, Snorre; Rosendahl, Knut - In: Environmental & Resource Economics 43 (2009) 3, pp. 369-390
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005004492
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Induced innovation in a decentralized model of climate change
Laurent-Lucchetti, Jérémy; Leach, Andrew - Institut d'Économie Appliquée, HEC Montréal (École … - 2006
We propose a model of climate change consistent with four principal stylized facts. First, the benefits and costs of climate change mitigation policies are not evenly distributed across generations. Second, capital accumulation is not determined jointly with emissions policy, but rather as a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005677351
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Improving the Capacity to Innovate in Germany
Fuentes, Andrés; Wurzel, Eckhard; Morgan, Margaret - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2004
Key indicators show Germany belonging to the countries in the OECD with strong innovation activity even though some weakening in Germany’s position relative to other OECD countries has occurred recently. While the redirection of resources towards unification-related spending as well as low...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045785
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Boosting Austria's Innovation Performance
Leibfritz, Willi; Janger, Jürgen - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2007
diffusion of innovation and productivity growth. It suggests focusing more on these framework conditions, notably by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005046216