In this paper, we describe the historical co-evolution of innovation and economic growth in Germany since 1871. The … country's rise as an industrial power in the late 19th century, through its innovation and entrepreneurial performance, is … nevertheless a period during which innovation went into relative decline. We document this decline and offer four broad …

ultimately affect innovation and productivity in Uruguayan service firms compared to manufacturing firms. The results show that …Several studies have highlighted information and communications technology (ICT) as a driver of firm productivity in …-technological (e.g., organizational or marketing) innovations. ICT and other innovation investments are positively associated with …

on the linkages between open and competitive markets (competitive intensity) and innovation and productivity growth. The … competitive intensity, innovation and productivity. The second section examines relevant empirical work that has been done on the … the international case studies of the effects of open and competitive markets on innovation and productivity. The report …

Innovation is widely recognized as a key ingredient of productivity success. This article by Someshwar Rao, Ashfaq … positive relationship between measures of fundamental innovation, labour productivity and GDP per capita across OECD countries …. The authors paint a nuanced portrait of Canada's innovation performance. The existence of an innovation gap with the …

The paper examines the challenges social scientists face when analysing innovation, especially R&D and innovation … activities of firms, i.e. their strategies in typical stages of an innovation process in a defined economy. The motivation behind … is to describe properly the innovation activities of firms in the proper economic-historical context. There are many ways …

Do firms have the right incentives to innovate in the presence of productivity spillovers? This paper proposes an … imitate by hiring a worker from a firm that has already innovated. We show that if innovation firms can commit to long …-term wage contracts with their workers, productivity spillovers are fully internalized. If firms cannot commit to long-term wage …

This commentary raises questions about the degree to which global innovation indicators enable us to understand the … historical dynamics of innovation in Canada, and about future directions for Canadian innovation policy. By focusing on the … innovation problem in Canada has less to do with capabilities or opportunities, than with recent tendencies not to follow through …

This article compares the development of labour productivity in the Swedish and the Finnish business sectors and the … productivity level has been converging towards the Swedish level, but that there is still a significant difference. This trend has … coincided with the growing importance of the ICT sector, especially since the mid 1990s. Due to higher productivity and …

students of innovation and labour productivity will find the report to be of great value. …This article reviews the Council of Canadian Academies Expert Panel report on business innovation. It finds the report … comprehensive in its gathering and assessment of available research, innovative, in its own right, in its analysis of innovation as …

report is fairly silent about the necessary improvements to Canada's innovation system. This comment suggests that while … concept and become eligible to venture capital. The US Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, imitated by Japan …