incorporate new inventions and innovations. Substandard patents that upset this balance impose deadweight losses and other costs … holders that have not, in the end, invented a novel product, or the full social value of the innovations lost …

effects of international co-operative R&D on short term productivity gains among European manufacturing firms and to clarify … symmetric Research Joint Ventures (RJVs) increase productivity to a greater extent than RJVs between asymmetric firms. The …

and development is vital for long-term productivity growth. Despite Canada’s resilience to the global financial crisis, it … is still vulnerable to weak future growth due to lingering economic frailties such as low productivity. Canada trails in … technological advancement in today’s digital world, compared to a number of advanced economies. Our findings indicate lower …

, process and organizational innovation), which ultimately feeds into a productivity equation. We find that ICT investment and … product innovation in manufacturing. The strongest productivity effects are derived from organizational innovation. We find …

, process and organizational innovation), which ultimately feeds into a productivity equation. We find that ICT investment and … product innovation in manufacturing. The strongest productivity effects are derived from organizational innovation. We find …

This paper employs a nonparametric approach to investigate the sources of growth in labor productivity for 77 countries … and to decompose it in the following three components: (1) total factor productivity; (2) capital deepening; and (3 …