employment for different types of labour in manufacturing. The empirical model allows for endogeneity of the firm's innovation … market products is more important than any other measure of product innovation in determining the expected employment …

employment for different types of labour in manufacturing. The empirical model allows for endogeneity of the firm's innovation … market products is more important than any other measure of product innovation in determining the expected employment …

employment for different types of labour in manufacturing. The empirical model allows for endogeneity of the firm's innovation … market products is more important than any other measure of product innovation in determining the expected employment …

This paper estimates the association between innovation and employment growth among manufacturing firms in Africa. The … paper uses a cross-sectional World Bank Enterprise Survey dataset in which innovation is categorised as product innovation … and process innovation. Results from the pooled ordinary least squares (OLS) estimation are more efficient compared to IV …

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 losses in related products, known as 'cannibalisation' or 'business stealing …' effects in the literature, by employment losses from process and organisational innovation and by general productivity …

Does competitive pressure foster innovation? In addressing this important question, prior studies ignored a distinction … between discrete innovation aiming at entirely new technology and continuous improvement consisting of numerous incremental … innovation will lead to a much richer understanding of the interplay between firms' incentives to innovate and competitive …

Does competitive pressure foster innovation? Technical progress consists of numerous small improvements made upon the … existing technology continuous improvement and innovative activities aiming at entirely new technology (discrete innovation …). Continuous improvement is often of limited relevance to the new technology invented by successful discrete innovation. By …

context using survey data from the West German manufacturing sector between 1993 and 1996 (Mannheim Innovation Panel). The …