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The impact of investment in innovation on productivity : firm-level evidence from Ireland
Di Ubaldo, Mattia; Siedschlag, Iulia - 2017
This paper examines the relationship between investment in innovation and productivity across firms in Ireland. We … relationships between investment in innovation, innovation outputs and productivity. Our results indicate that innovation is … positively linked to productivity. This result holds for all types of innovation and for both R&D and non-R&D expenditures. The …
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Dynamic R&D choice and the impact of the firm's financial strength
Peters, Bettina; Roberts, Mark J.; Vuong, Van Anh - 2015
This article investigates how a firm's financial strength affcts its dynamic decision to invest in R&D. We estimate a dynamic model of R&D choice using data for German firms in high-tech manufacturing industries. The model incorporates a measure of the firm's financial strength, derived from its...
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Firm R&D, innovation, and productivity in German industry
Peters, Bettina; Roberts, Mark J.; Vuong, Van Anh; … - 2013 - Preliminary Draft
This paper investigates empirically firm investment behavior in research and development (R&D). Firms make investments in R&D in order to produce innovations. These innovations in turn improve the firm's future productivity level, pro tability and incentives to invest in R&D. Using German...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010342836
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Starting an R&D Project Under Uncertainty
Luttens, Roland Iwan - 2009
We study a two-stage R&D project with an abandonment option. Two types of uncertainty influence the decision to start R&D. Demand uncertainty is modelled as a lottery between a proportional increase and decrease in demand. Technical uncertainty is modelled as a lottery between a decrease and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013159738
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R&D Investment and Financing Constraints of Small and Medium-Sized Firms
Hottenrott, Hanna - 2013
This study tests for financial constraints on Ramp;D investment and how they differ from capital investment. To identify constraints in the access to external capital, we employ a credit rating index. Our models show that internal constraints, measured by mark-ups, are more decisive for Ramp;D...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012711028
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Does easy start-up formation hamper incumbents' R&D investment? : a theoretical and empirical analysis
Colombo, Luca; Dawid, Herbert; Piva, Mariacristina; … - 2013
Community Innovation Survey covering the period 1998-2000. The results of our empirical analysis support our theory …-based insights. -- R&D ; innovation ; start-up ; complementary assets …
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Does fragmented or heterogeneous IP ownership stifle investments in innovation?
Schwiebacher, Franz - 2013
Thickets of partially overlapping patent rights raise costs to secure IPR for innovation. Fragmented IP ownership … capital-intensities among owners of overlapping patents affect propensities to invest in innovation. I find that firms with … small patent portfolios are less likely to invest in innovation if IPR is fragmented. Firms with large patent portfolios are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010204044
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Empirical patterns of firm growth and R&D investment : a quality ladder model interpretation
Klette, Tor Jakob; Griliches, Zvi - 1998
We present a model of endogenous firm growth with R&D investment and stochastic innovation as the engines of growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011518444
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Evidence on the Impact of R&D and ICT Investment on Innovation and Productivity in Italian Firms
Hall, Bronwyn H. - 2013
include ICT investment and R&D as the two main inputs of innovation and productivity. We find that R&D and ICT are both … strongly associated with innovation and productivity, with R&D being more important for innovation and ICT for productivity. We … explore their possible complementarity in innovation and production but find none, although there is complementarity between R …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013090026
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Does Fragmented or Heterogeneous IP Ownership Stifle Investments in Innovation?
Schwiebacher, Franz - 2013
Thickets of partially overlapping patent rights raise costs to secure IPR for innovation. Fragmented IP ownership … capital-intensities among owners of overlapping patents affect propensities to invest in innovation. I find that firms with … small patent portfolios are less likely to invest in innovation if IPR is fragmented. Firms with large patent portfolios are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014151621