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Grant Support and Exporting Activity
Görg, Holger; Henry, Michael; Strobl, Eric - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
This paper investigates whether government support can act to increase exporting activity. We use a uniquely rich data set on Irish manufacturing plants and employ an empirical strategy that combines a non-parametric matching procedure with a difference-in-differences estimator in order to deal...
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Co-determination and innovation
Kraft, Kornelius; Stank, Jörg; Dewenter, Ralf - 2009
This paper examines the effect of the German co-determination law of 1976 (MitbestG) on the innovative activity of German firms. Co-determination applies to firms with 2000 employees or more. Data from 1971-1976 and 1981-1990 on 148 firms are used to compare the number of patents granted to...
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Why entrepreneurs choose risky R&D projects : but still not risky enough
Färnstrand Damsgaard, Erika; Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; … - 2012
. -- Entrepreneurship ; Innovation ; Start-ups ; Ownership ; Breakthrough ; Quality …
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Growing out of the crisis : hidden assets to Greece's transition to an innovation economy
Herrmann, Benedikt; Kritikos, Alexander - 2013
innovation-friendly environment, resulting in a low export ratio given the small size of the country and its long-time EU …
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Micro moments database for cross-country analysis of ICT, innovation, and economic outcomes
Bartelsman, Eric J.; Hagsten, Eva; Polder, Michael - 2017
This paper provides technical documentation to a database built up from firm-level sources titled Micro moments database(MMD) that is made available for researchers through Eurostat. The MMD is an internationally harmonized research database of statistical moments collected from linked...
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Italy must foster high growth industries
Gebauer, Stefan; Kritikos, Alexander; Kriwoluzky, Alexander - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 9 (2019) 7/9, pp. 65-74
an efficient innovation system or substantial R&D investments, were ignored. Going forward, governmental reforms should …
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"Pact for innovation" to promote the EU’s major aim of convergence
Kritikos, Alexander - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 9 (2019) 16/18, pp. 146-147
Economic convergence is a major aim of the EU. Innovation and investment in economically weaker regions are key steps … member states and increase economic disparities • Pact for Innovation: structural funds with a strong focus on innovation …
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The Greek private sector remains full of untapped potential
Kritikos, Alexander; Handrich, Lars; Mattes, Anselm - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 8 (2018) 29, pp. 263-272
Private businesses’ nominal value added in Greece has fallen by 38 percent over the last ten years. Micro firms were hit particularly hard. Despite efforts to stabilize the macroeconomic environment, there are only weak signs of recovery. Future prospects are not much better, as—with the...
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Evaluating the impact of public financial support on innovation activities of European Union enterprises : additionality approach
Lewandowska, Małgorzata; Weresa, Marzenna Anna; … - In: International journal of management and economics 58 (2022) 3, pp. 248-266
The study aims at estimating the effects of support for research and development and innovation from the European Union … (EU) budget for boosting innovation in European enterprises, using input, output, and behavioral additionality approach …. The study is based on microdata of the Community Innovation Survey 2012-2014, covering a sample of 98,809 enterprises from …
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Employment effects of R&D and innovation : evidence from small and medium-sized firms in emerging markets
Goel, Rajeev K.; Nelson, Michael A. - 2021
This paper studies the impact of research and development (R&D) and innovation on employment growth, focusing on small … and medium-sized firms. Employment effects of R&D and innovation are unclear a priori as process innovation may be labor … both R&D and innovation increased employment growth, suggesting that innovation was either capital-saving or labor had …
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