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Firm collaboration and modes of innovation in Norway

Fitjar, Rune Dahl; Rodriguez-Pose, Andres - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

This paper examines the sources of firm product and process innovation in Norway. It uses a purpose-built survey of 1604 firms in the five largest Norwegian city-regions to test, by means of a logit regression analysis, Jensen et al.’s (2007) contention that firm innovation is both the result...

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R&D Cooperation and the Stability of International Environmental Agreements

Carraro, Carlo; Siniscalco, Domenico - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995

International agreements to protect the global environment are typically difficult to reach. In principle they should be profitable for all players involved in the negotiation. Even when they are profitable, however, they are often unstable due to the incentive to free-ride (enjoying the clean...

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The Creation and Capture of Rents: Wages and Innovation in a Panel of UK Companies

Van Reenen, John - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994

This paper examines the impact of technological innovation on wages using a panel of UK manufacturing firms. We utilize …. Innovating firms are found to have higher average wages, but rival innovation tends to depress own wages. This appears consistent … with a model where wages are partly determined by a sharing in the rents generated by innovation. In other words innovation …

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Which Immigrants Are Most Innovative and Entrepreneurial: Distinctions by Entry Visa

Hunt, Jennifer - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

who first entered on a student/trainee visa or a temporary work visa have a large advantage over natives in wages …

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Wages and Productivity Growth in a Dynamic Monopoly

Bester, Helmut; Petrakis, Emmanuel - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

to reduce its labour costs. If the level of wages is sufficiently low, the firm's rate of productivity growth approaches …

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