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Productivity (MFP) growth and three frequently cited determinants: business R&D, labour skills and ICT use. The theoretical …
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tends to be either on R&D driven techno-logical innovation on the one hand, or on organisational changes complemented by ICT … innovation input equations (R&D and ICT) that feed into a knowledge production function consisting of a system of three … a productivity equation. We find that ICT is an im-portant driver of innovation in both manufacturing and services …
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We propose a model where both R&D and ICT investment feed into a system of three innovation output equations (product …, process and organizational innovation), which ultimately feeds into a productivity equation. We find that ICT investment and …
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ability to affect the course of events(such as ICT revolution) will be a function of the extent to which its energy …
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During the last 20 years, R&D and innovation activities in the service sector have clearly increased. Especially business services are believed to be one of the main drivers of technical changes and economic progress. Looking at the labour indices calculated over the period from 1982 to 1996 one...
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We study the betweenness centrality of fractal and non-fractal scale-free network models as well as real networks. We show that the correlation between degree and betweenness centrality C of nodes is much weaker in fractal network models compared to non-fractal models. We also show that nodes of...
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The rapid developments in information and communication technologies (ICT) and the increased use of ICT motivate the … economies. The reason is, of course, that ICT functions as a new generic technology, which impacts society both broadly and … deeply. ICT has, in essence, destabilised the near equilibrium conditions of an earlier time and contributed to conditions of …
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The question of the spatial impacts of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has animated the intellectual … congested area where world-class ICT and high-tech industries cluster together. In theory, geographical agglomeration of … discusses how the use of ICT may alter the balance between centripetal and centrifugal forces and therefore the final …
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El sector del olivar y del aceite de oliva, constituye uno de los sectores estratégicos dentro del ámbito agrario andaluz. Sólo en la provincia de Jaén, el peso de su producción alcanza entre el 20 y el 25 por 100 del total mundial. Sin embargo, en torno al 90 por 100 de la producción se...
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The fundamental importance of skills for productivity advance is being increasingly recognized. In this article, Someshwar Rao, Jianmin Tang and Weimin Wang of Industry Canada provide additional evidence of this relationship through a detailed examination of the dynamics of innovation and...
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