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This paper investigates the role of productivity as a determinant of the worker's retirement intentions. Using an overlapping generation framework, we analyze the retirement decision of a cohort of workers being ability heterogeneous. The labor market is endogenously segmented between workers...
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Die Rolle von Normen innerhalb des Innovationssystems ist sehr umstritten. Es wird sogar vermutet, dass die Zeit der Normung bereits abgelaufen sei. Andererseits wird von einer erstarrenden Regelsetzung gesprochen, die die notwendige Flexibilität für Erfindungen und Innovationen verhindere....
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This paper re-visits the empirical failure to establish a clear link between R&D efforts and patent counts at the industry level. It is claimed that the 'propensity-to-patent' concept should be split into an 'appropriability propensity' and a 'strategic propensity'. The empirical contribution is...
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Financing constraints have been discussed as a major obstacle to innovation. Small and mediumsized enterprises and … sense and as instruments for financing innovation. It also discusses implications of these developments for public policy …
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This paper examines recent contributions on innovation protection practices in small and medium enterprises (SMEs …
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associated with their innovation performance. Using a sample of Flemish firms, we show that there exists considerable … heterogeneity in the type of links to science at the firm level. Overall, firms with a science link enjoy superior innovation …
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management through technology; human resources, culture and innovation must be recognized and respected. This will enhance SMEs …
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This study analyzes the role of economic indicators in country-level innovation, represented by patents in the … technology sector. Innovation indicators include the ratio of patents owned by foreign residents and the number of patent … innovation; education enrollment stimulates innovation; among the sectors, government and higher education have higher R …
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This paper studies how the assignment of patents as collateral determines the savings of firms and magnifies the effect of innovative rents on investment in research and development (R&D). We analyse the behaviour of innovative firms that face random and lumpy investment opportunities in R&D....
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den meisten OECD-Ländern der Unternehmenssektor die primär treibende Kraft für Forschung und Innovation darstellt. Auf der …
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