This paper examines the links between innovation and productivity in service enterprises. For this purpose, we use … micro data from the Community Innovation Survey 2008 in Germany, Ireland and the United Kingdom, and estimate an augmented … structural model. Our results indicate that innovation in service enterprises is linked to higher productivity. In all three …

countries is particularly productivity enhancing. We also find that GVC integration spurs greater domestic innovation activity. …

innovation activities during periods of recession. We empirically analyse what general patterns can be distinguished in this …: some companies have recently reduced their innovation activities significantly, while others maintained them and a third … deceleration of R&D and innovation activities induced by the crisis, but the trend figures remain positive. Driven by the companies …

international production and innovation networks, and enterprises which used information and communication technologies (ICT) more …

The objective of the paper is to lay out the state of knowledge on the role of innovation and the diffusion of … emphasis will be put on developing countries in which innovation, skills and technological absorptive capacities tend to be … some concepts and definitions on technology, innovation, and the channels of technology diffusion. In a second part, we use …

innovation, technology and participation in GVCs shape employment in routine intensive and non-routine jobs; the relationship …

investment, Ireland scores high in international innovation scoreboards. Overall, policies to boost innovation and … jobs. While Ireland has made good progress towards building up its scientific capabilities, innovation capacity remains … effective, the innovation strategy should be simplified, with a drastic reduction in the number of government agencies involved …