The paper studies the relationship between innovation efforts, innovation outputs, and productivity, using firm …-level data from six East Asian countries. Firms are more likely to invest in innovation when they use technology licensed by a … significantly boost both product and process innovation. Product innovation yields significant productivity gains. However …

technology catching up, we find that the process of graduating from imitation to innovation is a nonlinear one, and requires … technology upgrading also calls for policies and institutions that are relevant to technological innovation to evolve and adapt …

locating their innovative activities in Singapore, suggesting that the relationship between innovation and efficiency is … contents sector than to the KIBS sector. Another interesting difference is that while competition in high-tech innovation tends … Asia has traditionally emphasized the development of technological innovation capabilities in the manufacturing sector. In …

This paper explores the “black box” of innovation in the electronics production network in East Asia through a mapping … ownership and innovation in increasing the probability of exporting in electronics. Higher levels of skills, managers' education … innovation than the research and development (R&D) to sales ratio. Accordingly, technological effort in electronics in these …

This paper investigates the relationship between social capital and innovation in high-performing East Asian economies …. Rapid economic growth and innovation in these economies contradicts the presumed positive link between social trust and … innovation suggested in the literature, as these economies are often characterized as low-trust societies. The results of the …

the israeli economy in the nineties and beyond. In this paper we present a close-up portrait of innovation in Israel for …