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This article studies the role of technology drivers in catching up at different stages of development. Countries can be at different stages of development when entering in a new catching-up cycle. Thus, the technological drivers of growth [technological capabilities, external spillovers,...
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This research empirically establishes and theoretically motivates the hypothesis that population aging has a hump-shaped effect on inventive activity. We estimate this hump-shaped relationship in a panel of 33 OECD countries over the period 1960-2012. The increasing part of the hump captures the...
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The article analyzes a new instrument of Russian innovation policy - technology platforms. The reasons for their … establishment are outlined based on the analysis of the innovation system in Russia. Comparisons with the European Union technology …
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In the last decades, innovation activity has been defined by an increasing complexity and a faster pace of the … underlying technological change. Accordingly, several studies have shown that competitive systems of innovation benefit from …
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The development of digital technology provides opportunities for every country to increase its economic growth. Digital technologies are changing the workplace, providing a significant opportunity for nations and companies to boost productivity, efficiency, and growth. The speed of digital...
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In this paper, we describe the historical co-evolution of innovation and economic growth in Germany since 1871. The … country's rise as an industrial power in the late 19th century, through its innovation and entrepreneurial performance, is … nevertheless a period during which innovation went into relative decline. We document this decline and offer four broad …
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Innovation has a role to play to mitigate water-related risks and to support the provision of water services on which … our well-being and sustainable development depend. Water-related innovation originate in a wide range of countries, with …
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attempt to search for directions, as well as the power of impact of different phases of the business cycle on the innovation … industrial companies (questionnaire survey) it was stated that in the prosperity phase the implementation of the innovation …, the innovation activity is a less common phenomenon, but is not completely abandoned. Research results did not confirm the …
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emphasizes a positive correlation between firm-level innovation and productivity gains. It is unsurprising, then, that policy … makers and researchers widely acknowledge that innovation is one of the major drivers of productivity growth, and is … extensively as a proxy for innovation in the literature. Here, we use a production function approach to estimate the return to R …
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Technological innovation has historically contributed to inclusive economic growth in Germany. In more recent decades …, however, this contribution has weakened due to the declining impact of technological innovation on labor productivity growth … technological innovation to raise labor productivity. This paper identifies three reasons why technological innovation has become …
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