number of national firm level studies on the innovation-productivity link have been conducted using new internationally …, innovation output and productivity, we find to a very large extent a common cross-country story for knowledge intensive …

In general there is agreement about the positive impacts of R&D on performance of firms measured as productivity …, profitability and growth. However, the opposite relationship is less obvious and very little attention has been paid on examining …

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. …

neutral with respect to labour productivity, and hence that no evidence of welfare gain or welfare drain of foreign ownership …

investment, R&D, productivity and profit. Estimating relationships for 5,289 observations on Swedish manufacturing firms with 50 … between knowledge investments and ordinary investments can be established. Third, R&D has a strong effect on productivity and … productivity is bidirectional, while increased profit leads to more capital but not the vice versa. …

performance from R&D and innovation. A comparison is made between the innovation and productivity of foreign owned enterprises, of … productivity. …