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The article offers the model of investment decision, which allows to understand the microeconomic motivation of the …
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When new technologies become available, it is not only essential that firms have the correct investment incentives, but … often also that consumers make the proper usage decisions. This paper studies investment and usage in a shared ATM network …. Because all banks coordinate their ATM investment decisions, there is no strategic but only a pure cost-saving incentive to …
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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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IT investment in any sectors, it does significantly improve labor productivity for firms in manufacturing and in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013368656
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011345643