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We build a model of firm-level innovation, productivity growth and reallocation featuring endogenous entry and exit. A …
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Economic interest in innovation policy largely arises from the fundamental importance of innovation to social welfare … and from inefficiencies in innovation in a competitive market environment. As a result, a wide variety of public … innovation policies are used in practice. This study reviews the economic justifications for public innovation policies and …
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innovation. Public procurement is seen as an instrument able to fill in the gaps in the existing innovation policy-mix, thus …
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The increased interest in using public procurement as a policy tool for innovation has renewed a need for understanding … these while concluding the terms of procurement projects. Consequently, future policy efforts towards increased innovation … have to be targeting the process of public procurement of innovation, rather than focusing on regulatory issues. …
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opportunity cost of cash holdings leads to a decrease in innovation and economic growth, which in turn decreases labor …
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Growing cultural diversity is seen as important for innovation. Research has focused on two potential mechanisms: a … innovation, nor do migrant-run firms in diverse cities appear particularly innovative. But urban context does matter and firms in …
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Despite theoretical and empirical advances, the proximity framework has remained essentially static in that the given proximity between actors explains the extent to which they interact in knowledge networks and profit from such interactions. We propose a dynamic extension of the proximity...
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development is presented through the filter of innovation. The aspects that differentiate software innovation from any other kind … of innovation are highlighted. Adaptive management is addressed from a general point of view. The circumstances that … require adaptive management are emphasized. Methods of implementing adaptive management in innovation oriented software …
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It has been argued that monetary incentives restrain individual creativity and hamper performance in jobs requiring out of the box thinking. This paper reports from an experiment designed to test if the negative incentive effect is present also when individuals work together to solve such...
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Organizational innovation represents the implementation of significant changes in the structure of the company or in … innovations and perceives the change as an opportunity rather than a threat. The article brings forward the need for innovation …
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