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Resistance to Technology Adoption: The Rise and Decline of Guilds
Desmet, Klaus; Parente, Stephen - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
This paper analyzes the decision of a group of specialized workers to form a guild and block the adoption of a new technology that does not require their specialized input. The theory predicts an inverted-U relation between guilds and market size: for small markets, firm profits are insufficient...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083603
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Cultural Diversity, Geographical Isolation, and the Origin of the Wealth of Nations
Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded - Center for Development Economics, Williams College - 2011
This research argues that variations in the interplay between cultural assimilation and cultural diffusion have played a significant role in giving rise to differential patterns of economic development across the globe. Societies that were geographically less vulnerable to cultural diffusion...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009370951
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Cultural Diversity, Geographical Isolation, and the Origin of the Wealth of Nations
Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded - Economics Department, Williams College - 2011
This research argues that variations in the interplay between cultural assimilation and cultural diffusion have played a signi.cant role in giving rise to differential patterns of economic development across the globe. Societies that were geographically less vulnerable to cultural diffusion...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009370952
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Innovation and Productivity in the Argentine Manufacturing Sector
Arza, Valeria; Lopez, Andres - 2010
This paper adapts the Crepon, Duguet, and Mairesse (1998) approach to estimate the relationship between innovation and … process innovation, which in turn explains labor productivity. The endogeneity of this three-stage process is controlled for … innovation, and both are important factors to explain labor productivity. Moreover, investing systematically in R&D implies an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010328088
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The impact of innovation activities on productivity and firm growth: evidence from Brazil
Goedhuys, Micheline - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2007
Using micro data from Brazilian manufacturing firms, this paper investigates the impact of a wide set of innovation … clients, human capital development, ICT usage, product innovation and learning by exporting, with an R&D effect only in the … long run. Though the intensity with which firms engage in these innovation activities is sector dependent, innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005209851
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Navigating Geopolitical Change in Pursuit of Innovation; Positing Knowledge-Driven Economic Growth and Productivity
Kouam, Henri - 2020
-changing geopolitical context, China has risen in innovation rakings and continues to make significant gains in machine learning, robotics … innovative framework vis-à-vis the BRI and Chinese innovation. The findings suggest that verifiable technological transfers via …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014031706
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How Does State Ownership Affect Firm Innovation? Evidence From China’s 2009–2010 Stimulus Plan
Betts, Caroline; Cao, Yu - 2023
We examine the effects of China's 2009-2010 stimulus package for innovation differentials between state-owned firms … roughly 45 percent of all positive effects of state-ownership for innovation. Institutional support produces larger SOE …-POE innovation differentials among firms in strategic sectors and located in high-marketization provinces, and for centrally …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014352872
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Innovation and Productivity in the Argentine Manufacturing Sector
Arza, Valeria; Lopez, Andres - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
This paper adapts the Crepon, Duguet, and Mairesse (1998) approach to estimate the relationship between innovation and … process innovation, which in turn explains labor productivity. The endogeneity of this three-stage process is controlled for … innovation, and both are important factors to explain labor productivity. Moreover, investing systematically in R&D implies an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008490270
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The impact of innovation activities on productivity and firm growth: evidence from Brazil
Goedhuys, Micheline - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2007
Using micro data from Brazilian manufacturing firms, this paper investigates the impact of a wide set of innovation … clients, human capital development, ICT usage, product innovation and learning by exporting, with an R&D effect only in the … long run. Though the intensity with which firms engage in these innovation activities is sector dependent, innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712090
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Structural development accounting
Gancia, Gino Alessandro; Müller, Andreas; Zilibotti, … - 2011
We construct and estimate a unified model combining three of the main sources of cross-country income disparities: differences in factor endowments, barriers to technology adoption and the inappropriateness of frontier technologies to local conditions. The key components are different types of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009739171