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This paper investigates whether firms innovate persistently or discontinuously over time using an innovation panel data … set on German manufacturing and service firms for the period 1994-2002. We find that innovation behaviour is permanent at … innovation experience, the results further highlight the important role of knowledge provided by skilled employees and unobserved …
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role of innovation, demand, wages and the composition of employment by professional groups. A model is developed and an … innovation leads to job losses and wage growth has a negative effect that is lower than in other industries. Business services …
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The paper explores the question whether the relationship between corporate governance and innovation is affected by the … effects of ownership concentration on innovation across different types of firms. We use a unique dataset on about 35 … technology sector. We find that the effects of ownership concentration on innovation are coherent with the predictions of so …
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This study quantifies the impact of process and product innovation on employment growth in Bolivia by using microdata … from a survey on innovation conducted in Bolivia in 2016. Following the model of Harrison, Jaumandreu, Mairesse, and Peters … demonstrate that employment growth is explained by product innovation. On the other hand, we find no evidence of a displacement …
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thanks to their ability in undertaking technological innovation, few empirical studies have explicitly addressed this issue …. This article examines the innovation-employment nexus for start-ups using the Kauffman Firm Survey (KFS), a unique … regressions indicate an overall positive but heterogeneous effect of innovation activities on the conditional employment growth …
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The purpose of this paper is to propose a service development process that is adapted to manufacturing companies and to discuss its implication for companies with a focus on product development and product sales. This paper looks at new service development (NSD) literature and argues for design...
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innovation on firm survival and firm productivity, which constitute the two main channels through which innovation drives growth … perspectives that inform the empirical models allow for heterogeneity in the effects of R&D/innovation on firm survival and …-linearity and volatility in the gains from R&D/innovation, particularly in terms of its effects on firm survival and productivity …
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vital in addressing this problem. Innovation, a necessary condition for competitiveness, is a key channel through which the … private sector can help to stimulate growth. An analysis of innovation at the firm level for Caribbean manufacturing and … services sectors shows that patent rights, the level of domestic sales, collaboration for innovation purposes, innovation …
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increased market size and the competition. Innovation is a prerequisite for a successful transformation process and this paper … innovate; innovation is a prerequisite for firm survival in the four industries. -- transformation ; lifestyle production … ; innovation …
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