A growing literature investigates how firms' innovation input reacts to changes in the business cycle. However, so far there is no evidence whether there is cyclicality in the effects of innovation on firm performance as well. In this paper, we investigate the employment effects of innovations...

The shift of employment from lower to higher productive firms is an important driver for structural change and industry dynamics. We investigate this reallocation in terms of employment gains and losses from innovation. New employment created by product innovation may be offset by employment...

We investigate the effects of production offshoring on the innovation activities of manufacturing firms in the home country. The analysis is based on a dataset of more than 3000 manufacturing firms from seven European countries. We find that offshoring firms on average employ a higher share of...

A growing literature investigates how firms' innovation input reacts to changes in the business cycle. However, so far there is no evidence whether there is cyclicality in the effects of innovation on firm performance as well. In this paper, we investigate the employment effects of innovations...

Konzept, Definition, Operationalisierung Mit der Beschleunigung des technologischen Wandels und der verstärkten Ausrichtung auf gesellschaftliche Herausforderungen ist die F&I-Politik gefordert agiler zu handeln. Das betrifft sowohl die strategische Ebene der F&I-politischen Begründung und...

Der Klimawandel, verschiedene Krankheiten oder demografische Veränderungen wie alternde Bevölkerung in den OECD-Staaten stellen globale gesellschaftliche Herausforderungen dar, auf die alle Länder Antworten suchen. Forschung und Innovation können wesentliche Beiträge zur Bewältigung dieser...