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Covid-19 pandemic, state aid and firm productivity
Bighelli, Tommaso; Lalinsky, Tibor; Vanhala, Juuso - 2022
We study the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on productivity by matching firm performance outcomes with corresponding firm-level information on government support. Our cross-country evidence for five EU countries shows that the pandemic led to a significant short-term decline in...
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The productivity impact of R&D investment : a comparison between the EU and the US
Castellani, Davide; Piva, Mariacristina; Schubert, Torben; … - 2016
Using data on the US and EU top R&D spenders from 2004 until 2012, this paper investigates the sources of the US/EU productivity gap. We find robust evidence that US firms have a higher capacity to translate R&D into productivity gains (especially in the high-tech industries), and this...
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Der Einfluss der Unternehmensrechtsform auf die Internationalisierung von kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen (The Impact of Legal Form on the Internationalization of Small- and Medi...
Eckardt, Martina - 2013
analyses the impact of legal form on the internationalisation of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). From the Law and … promote the internationalisation of SMEs by reducing transaction costs and risk premia due to uncertainties involved in … international business activities. Based on a 2009 survey among 9,480 European SMEs from 33 countries logistic estimations support …
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Digitalization's effect on the sectoral structure change in the economy : a comparative analysis of Ukraine and selected countries
Pizhuk, Olha; Lazebnyk, Larysa; Mamonova, Hanna - In: Comparative economic research : Central and Eastern Europe 25 (2022) 2, pp. 21-43
This article examines the impact of digital transformation on changes in the sectoral structure of Ukraine's economy, other post‑communist countries, and countries with highly developed economies. Firstly, we estimate the structural changes and differences in the sectoral model by gross...
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The impact of innovation on labour productivity growth in European industries : does it depend on firms' competitiveness strategies?
Bogliacino, Francesco; Pianta, Mario - 2009
The diversity of technological activities that contribute to growth in labour productivity is examined in this paper for manufacturing and services industries in eight major EU countries. We test the relevance of the two major strategies of technological competitiveness (based on innovation in...
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Investments, balance of payment equilibrium and industrial and regional policies in Europe
Cappellin, Riccardo - 2016
increase of GDP and an equilibrium of the balance of payment. The model of innovation and investment pulled growth illustrated … in the paper, indicates that a greater immaterial investment in R&D, education and project design and planning leads to … investment leads to an increase of GDP, which may be compatible with the constraint of the equilibrium of the balance of payment …
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Is corporate R&D investment in high-tech sectors more effective? : some guidelines for European Research Policy
Ortega-Argilés, Raquel; Piva, Mariacristina; Potters, … - 2009
-tech sectors. This outcome means that corporate R&D investment is more effective in the high-tech sectors and this may need to be …, R&D investment is not the sole source of productivity gains; technological change embodied in gross investment is of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003796272
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Is corporate R&D investment in high-tech sectors more effective? : some guidelines for European research policy
Ortega-Argilés, Raquel; Piva, Mariacristina; Potters, … - 2009
-tech sectors. This outcome means that corporate R&D investment is more effective in the high-tech sectors and this may need to be …, R&D investment is not the sole source of productivity gains; technological change embodied in gross investment is of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003857908
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Productivity of ICT and non-ICT capital : the role of rates of return and capital prices
Niebel, Thomas; Saam, Marianne - 2011
somewhat downplay the role investment played relative to growth in multi-factor productivity in the UK and the US during 1995 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009424070
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Is Corporate R&D Investment in High-Tech Sectors More Effective? Some Guidelines for European Research Policy
Ortega-Argilés, Raquel - 2009
-tech sectors. This outcome means that corporate Ramp;D investment is more effective in the high-tech sectors and this may need to …;D. However, Ramp;D investment is not the sole source of productivity gains; technological change embodied in gross investment is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012765222