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European mechanical companies: Technological differences and organisational similarities
Lhuillery, Stéphane; Avadikyan, Arman - Chaire en Économie et Management de l'Innovation … - 2006
All in all, French, Italian and British companies are surpassed technologically more often than not by Swiss, Austrian and German companies. This technological delay does however not show up at the organisational level.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004974495
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Global trends in the political economy of smart grids : a tailored perspective on 'smart' for grids in transition
Eid, Cherrelle; Hakvoort, Rudi; Jong, W. Martin de - Joint Institute for Strategic Energy Analysis - 2016
The global transition towards sustainable, secure, and affordable electricity supply is driving changes in the consumption, production, and transportation of electricity. This paper shows the different policy aims that are promoted with smart grids in Europe, the United States, and China. In all...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011449097
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Heterogeneous technology diffusion and ricardian trade patterns
Kerr, William R. - 2016
Migration and trade are often linked through ethnic networks boosting bilateral trade. This study uses migration to quantify the importance of Ricardian technology differences for international trade. The framework provides the first panel estimates connecting country-industry productivity and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011568775
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Using innovation to hedge against economic and political uncertainty evidence from emerging nations
Goel, Rajeev K.; Nelson, Michael A. - 2019
Using data on 135 countries, this paper studies the determinants of process innovation introduction, focusing on the … innovation introductions, while on the other hand, the introduction of innovations might enable firms to hedge against … uncertainty-innovation introductions. Employing two different measures of economic and political uncertainty across different time …
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Female owners versus female managers : who is better at introducing innovations?
Dohse, Dirk; Goel, Rajeev K.; Nelson, Michael A. - 2017
finance availability constraints actually spurred innovation. Finally, the economy-wide effects of greater economic freedom …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011745792
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Heterogeneous Technology Diffusion and Ricardian Trade Patterns
Kerr, William R. - 2016
Migration and trade are often linked through ethnic networks boosting bilateral trade. This study uses migration to quantify the importance of Ricardian technology differences for international trade. The framework provides the first panel estimates connecting country-industry productivity and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011584915
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Using innovation to hedge against economic and political uncertainty evidence from emerging nations
Goel, Rajeev K.; Nelson, Michael A. - 2019
Using data on 135 countries, this paper studies the determinants of process innovation introduction, focusing on the … innovation introductions, while on the other hand, the introduction of innovations might enable firms to hedge against … uncertainty-innovation introductions. Employing two different measures of economic and political uncertainty across different time …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012109964
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Female owners versus female managers: Who is better at introducing innovations?
Dohse, Dirk; Goel, Rajeev K.; Nelson, Michael A. - 2017
finance availability constraints actually spurred innovation. Finally, the economy-wide effects of greater economic freedom …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011746793
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Global trends in the political economy of smart grids: A tailored perspective on 'smart' for grids in transition
Eid, Cherrelle; Hakvoort, Rudi; de Jong, Martin - 2016
The global transition towards sustainable, secure, and affordable electricity supply is driving changes in the consumption, production, and transportation of electricity. This paper shows the different policy aims that are promoted with smart grids in Europe, the United States, and China. In all...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011532350
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Absorptive Capacity and Innovative Capability: An Approach to Estimation
Polterovich, Victor; Tonis, Alexander - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
The concepts of absorptive capacity and innovative capability have been introduced to describe abilities of a country to imitate and, accordingly, to create more advanced technologies. In this paper we suggest new indicators of these two abilities. To calculate them, we develop an endogenous...
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