investments, externalities and key actors in national innovation systems and productivity. This study explores whether foreign … knowledge technological knowledge spillover does not manifest itself in superior innovation output or productivity performance … that is subsequently exploited in affiliates abroad. Correspondingly, the innovation and productivity performance in …

This paper assesses the contribution to productivity of firms’ internal innovation efforts and spatially …

higher productivity, profitability and wage level than other firms. The second question is focused on the location of firms …

correspond to asymmetries in the performance of firms with regard to productivity level and growth as well as innovativeness … distinctly higher level of productivity across all types of location. In addition, the productivity level of firms with …

This paper studies the influence of metropolitan externalities on productivity for different types of long run R … generates three distinct results. First, the productivity premium associated with persistent R&D is close to 8 percent in non … external milieu in metro areas. Third, no productivity premium is associated with occasional R&D effort regardless of the firm …

expenditure, (ii) innovation output, and (iii) firm productivity. The CDM model has become popular in many countries among …, the paper explores how well sales per employee serves as a proxy for labour productivity proper. Fifth, the paper …

This paper investigates how a firm’s R&D strategy influences the firm performance as measured by productivity and … productivity firms (lowest quartile) indicating a non-linear response. Moreover, the analysis recognises the different roles of … quantile regressions on the economic model for analyzing the importance for a particular R&D strategy on firms’ productivity …

Recent debate has focused on how foreign direct investments and foreign take-overs may effect growth and welfare. In … outperformed by domestic multinationals in R&D and innovation engagement. Finally, the results on labor productivity are at … neutral with respect to labor productivity, and hence the issue of welfare gain and welfare drain is turned into a non-issue. …