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Innovation and credit constraints: Evidence from Swedish exporting firms

Lööf, Hans; Nabavi, Pardis - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2014

Existing studies associates financial constraints among innovators to small, young and high-tech firms. High adjustment cost implies that firms save money by smoothing innovation spending across the business cycle if they have available resources. This paper examines whether previous findings on...

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The innovation gap of Italyï¿½s production system: roots and possible solutions

Bugamelli, Matteo; Cannari, Luigi; Lotti, Francesca; … - Banca d'Italia - 2012

The lag in innovation in Italy vis-ï¿½-vis the other main industrial countries is one of the effects of the fragmentation of the production system into many small firms that have trouble bearing the high cost of R&D and taking the related risks. Such other causes as shortages in human capital...

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Evaluating the efficacy of European regional funds for R&D

Fantino, Davide; Cannone, Giusy - Banca d'Italia - 2013

This paper provides some empirical evidence of the impact of two policy measures designed to support innovation in small and medium firms in an Italian region, both financed using the European Structural Funds but managed at regional level. The first measure was a concessional loan to promote...

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Does issuing equities help R&D activity? Evidence from unlisted Italian high-tech manufacturing firms

Magri, Silvia - Banca d'Italia - 2014

This paper evaluates the causal effect of issuing equities on the probability that a firm will engage in R&D activity. Equity is a preferable source of external finance for innovation than debt. It does not require collateral, does not exacerbate moral hazard problems connected with the...

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Collaboration between firms and universities in Italy: the role of a firmï¿½s proximity to top-rated departments

Fantino, Davide; Mori, Alessandra; Scalise, Diego - Banca d'Italia - 2012

, however, are available to firms. This work aims at examining the determinants of research collaboration between firms and … the most important factor in determining the probability of collaboration. Other results indicate that the presence of … different innovation sources increases the probability of collaboration; and that proximity is more important for small- and …

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Im Fokus: Sächsische Kooperationsstrukturen im 7. Forschungsrahmenprogramm der Europäischen Union

Titze, Mirko - In: Wirtschaft im Wandel 20 (2014) 6, pp. 109-112

Im Bereich Forschung und Entwicklung (FuE) bieten zwischenbetriebliche Kooperationen die Möglichkeit, Spezialisierungsvorteile zu nutzen und Wissen auszutauschen. Für die Entstehung von Innovationen ist insbesondere personengebundenes Wissen wichtig, dessen Ausbreitung jedoch räumlich...

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Italian firmsï¿½ innovation strategies in 2008-2010

Leandro Dï¿½Aurizio; Marinucci, Marco - Banca d'Italia - 2013

The paper describes the innovation strategies of a representative sample of Italian firms participating to the Bank of Italyï¿½s yearly survey. The evidence covers the 2008-2010 period and highlights some stylized facts widely discussed in the economic literature. Results show that the...

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Tax incentives and firm size : effects on private R&D investment in Spain

Labeaga Azcona J.; Martínez-Ros E.; Mohnen P. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2014

smaller for large firms than for SMEs. The price elasticities are higher when the ex-ante claimable tax reductions rather than …

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The impact of e-readiness in the development of knowledge society; a case study of Albania

Nazaj, Dafina; Gorica, Klodiana; Kordha, Ermelinda - In: Review of Applied Socio-Economic Research 8 (2014) 2, pp. 116-123

Information Society emphasizes amount of information available and accessible. It emphasizes technology (ICT). Knowledge Societies are identified as societies where information is used and applied in various fields for learning and development. Knowledge society deals with technology which now...

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CLUSTERS: INNOVATION, KNOWLEDGE AND COMPETITIVENESS IN THE WOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRY

RUSU-TANASA, Margareta - In: SEA - Practical Application of Science (2014) 6, pp. 81-86

This paper proposes an overview of the evolution in the wood processing industry in the process of regional development. The concept of clusters has become more and more popular in recent years, as more and more theorists and practitioners realize its potential; nevertheless the idea of cluster...

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