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other OECD countries. We investigate the association between ICT and R&D capital and value added in the Swedish non …-2012 we show that ICT and R&D capital are significantly associated with value added for most specifications. When controlling … for economic shocks the results show that on average, if ICT capital increases by 10 percent, value added increases by 1 …
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's research activity causes, via the creation of inventions, subsequent investment into fixed capital, as the firm needs … investment. Thus, increasing research activity may not just be valuable for long-run economic growth but, via investment, may …This paper investigates the causal relationship between firms' research and development expenditures (R&D) and their …
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's research activity causes, via the creation of inventions, subsequent investment into fixed capital, as the firm needs … investment. Thus, increasing research activity may not just be valuable for long-run economic growth but, via investment, may …This paper investigates the causal relationship between firms' research and development expenditures (R&D) and their …
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The goal of this paper is to investigate the impact of technology investments on production efficiency in manufacturing … companies and how different these relationships are for low-technology and high-technology companies. The empirical part was … in labour intensity in low technology enterprises. The technological investments have a positive impact on labour …
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A strong innovation performance based on R&D, product development and the implementation of advanced production technologies is key for the long-term competitiveness of European economies. This study investigates the effects of production offshoring on R&D and innovation activities of the firm...
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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...
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stagnation. The reason is that automation suppresses wages, which are the only source of investment in the overlapping …
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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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We survey recent microeconometric research on investment and employment that has used panel data on individual firms or … topics that have been the focus of recent microeconometric research on investment and employment. In particular, we review … and uncertainty, investment in research and development (R&D), elasticities of substitution and complementarity between …
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IT investment in any sectors, it does significantly improve labor productivity for firms in manufacturing and in …
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