; Innovation …

source of innovative activities within companies. Broken down by sectoral innovation patterns, this article examines the role … of formal education and actual occupation for product innovation performance in manufacturing firms within a probit model … to the Pavitt classification. Sectors with a high share of highly skilled employees engage in product innovation above …

growth and convergence of an economy towards the world technology frontier. -- Growth ; skills ; innovation ; selection …

between technically trained founders and employees who have business skills. This suggests that the innovation potential of …

workers at the firm. Additional H-1Bs have insignificant and at most modest effects on firm innovation. More general evidence …

STEM-skill intensive and are associated with innovation, as well as with technology adoption, management, and diffusion …

of low-carbon energy innovation. These include both improvements in physical capital, such as smart grids to aid … document recent trends in energy innovation and discuss the lessons learnt for policy. We then discuss the potential role for … complementary innovation in both physical capital--using smart grids as an example of how policy can help--and human capital, where …