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Growth in advanced economies is essentially driven by innovation activities. From a demographic point of view the … question rises, whether the trend of an ageing workforce will affect the innovation capacities of these economies. To answer … model, relating a firm's innovation potential to the age composition of its employees. The analysis provides evidence of …

Users can develop innovations which will benefit other people and contribute to firm’s innovation capability. However …, user innovation often fails to diffuse. In this study, we take the perspective of vocational and retirement studies to … of unemployment after retirement. Based on the survey data in Japanese household sector, we found that the innovation …