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This study investigates the relationship between innovations and firm growth, based on the data of Finnish firms operating in the software industry. We find that in terms of turnover and employment, firms with only technological innovations do not grow more rapidly than other firms. However,...
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Companies face an expanding set of choices about where to locate their innovation activity, both within their home … of innovation activity : almost by definition, multiple locations per firm imply some degree of decentralization. Using … firm-level data on innovation output and the location of research and development (R&D) activity, we shed new light on the …
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The phenomenon of physical R&D-manufacturing co-location is interesting, because researchers have made very different observations regarding its prevalence. In some populations co-location of the two functions seems to be the norm; in others, an exception. However, we still do not have an...
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The growth process for a technological leader is different from that of a follower. While followers can grow through imitation and capital deepening, a leader must undertake original research. This suggests that as the gap between the leader and the follower narrows, the follower must undertake...
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The offshoring of manufacturing has been the most visible ingredient of economic globalization in recent years. However, the rapid change in the global division of manufacturing has overshadowed another and perhaps even more significant phenomena namely the internationalization of the R&D and...
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This study analyses how R&D expenditure impacts the productivity of companies. We analyse the productivity impact of R&D using a large panel dataset of Finnish firms over a nine-year period from 1996 to 2004. Our results are two-fold. In the short run (in 1-2 years) we find no statistically...
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Our study aims at shedding light on the organizational mechanisms that produce differences in the firmsŽ innovation … fruitful for innovation. There are vast differences in the organizational practices leading to more innovation both between the … small and large firms, and between the firms that are functioning in high- and low-tech industries. While innovation in the …
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property, innovation and diffusion in emerging countries.  It applies this literature to the Indian case.  India  is a … third section the focus turns to recent science, technology and innovation policy in India.  A study of the country …'s potential for innovation by the World Bank in 2007 argued that India must proceed on two fronts.  In addition to considering how …
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words, the larger the knowledge pool of an inventor entering (leaving) the firm, the more the firm’s innovation performance … pharmaceuticals and mechanical engineering such that the mobility of an inventor to a firm increases its innovation performance but … the mobility of an inventor from a firm does not affect its innovation performance. We further find that particularly …
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