We propose a model where both R&D and ICT investment feed into a system of three innovation output equations (product …, process and organizational innovation), which ultimately feeds into a productivity equation. We find that ICT investment and … usage are important drivers of innovation in both manufacturing and services. Doing more R&D has a positive effect on …

The paper presents the analysis of recent developments of Schumpeterian theory of entrepreneurship and innovation in …

exogenous technological change but by repeatedly leapfrogging their competitors through product and process innovation. This … shifts the focus from the mechanical production process to the collaborative innovation process, which requires social …

determinant factors: individual, organizational, technological or innovation, and environmental. The interaction established …., 2003; Ellram et al., 1999), and RFID (Kumar et al., 2006; Twist, 2005; Choy et al., 2007), are identification technologies …

Technical Efficiency (TE). It uses a panel dataset of Italian manufacturing firms during the period 1995-2003. In contrast to …