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The pandemic push : digital technologies and workforce adjustments
Gathmann, Christina; Kagerl, Christian; Pohlan, Laura; … - 2023
Based on a unique survey and administrative employer-employee data, we show that the COVID-19 pandemic acted as a push factor for the diffusion of digital technologies in Germany. About two in three firms invested in digital technologies, in particular in hardware and software to enable...
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Creative disruption : technology innovation, labour demand and the pandemic
Barth, Erling; Bryson, Alex; Dale-Olsen, Harald - 2022
We utilize a new survey on Norwegian firms' digitalization and technology investments, linked to population …
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How Does COVID-19 Affect Digital Innovation and Transformation?
Yoon, Chungeun - 2022
I investigate how the COVID-19 crisis affects innovation activity. I measure the effect of digital resilience on innovation activity in response to the unexpected COVID-19 pandemic that caused the severe lockdown. I find that the total patent applications of industries and firms with digital...
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Measuring and examining innovation in Philippine business and industry
Albert, Jose Ramon G.; Quimba, Francis Mark A.; … - 2017
micro, small, and medium establishments. Government needs to have a champion for developing stronger policies and …
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The extent of innovation in Philippine business and industry : results of the 2021 PIDS Survey of Innovation Activities
Albert, Jose Ramon G.; Quimba, Francis Mark A.; … - 2023
active, with innovation practiced more among medium and large establishments than micro- and small ones. Further, innovation … PSA, in recognition of the expanding markets arising from rising digitalization and more rapid use of internet, even by … micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). The survey results of the 2021 PSIA are expected to be inputs on how government …
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Cloud computing adoption and determining factors in different industries : a case study of Thailand
Keesookpun, Chutipong; Mitomo, Hitoshi - 2012
The cloud computing model is a modern concept of computation that provides a number of benefits for its adopters. This online computing model has been widely used in the western world and accepted to have some business and economic impacts. This paper provides some basic knowledge about cloud...
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Does the Stock Market Boost Firm Innovation? : Evidence from Chinese Firms
He, Hui - 2017
The paper analyses the effect of the stock market on firm innovation through the lens of initial public offering (IPO) using uniquely matched Chinese firm-level data. We find that IPOs lead to an increase in both the quantity and quality of firm innovation activity. In addition, IPOs expand a...
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Technical progress and induced innovation in China : a variable profit function approach
Wong, K. K. Gary; Fleisher, Belton M.; Min Qiang Zhao; … - 2020
We propose a new methodology to estimate empirically the input price-induced technical change and total factor productivity (TFP) growth in China. Our primary goal is to test Hicks' induced innovation hypothesis by examining whether technical change in China has been induced by sharp increase in...
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Shielding Firm Value : Employment Protection and Process Innovation
Bena, Jan - 2020
Following state-level legal changes that increase labor dismissal costs, firms increase their innovation in new processes that facilitate the adoption of cost-saving production methods, especially in industries with a large share of labor costs in total costs. Firms with high innovation ability...
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Constraining Growth : Advance Layoff Notice and Corporate Innovation
Guernsey, Scott; Kim, Gunchang; Lin, Yupeng - 2023
The recent wave of tech sector layoffs has highlighted concerns about worker protection from abrupt job loss. This paper introduces a new quasi-natural experiment, the state Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, which reflects these concerns by mandating advance notice to displaced...
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