The aim of this work is to study the efficiency of firms operating in Calabria, a small and economically … manufacturing firms which are observed over the 1998-2006 period. Results show that the efficiency score is, on average, about 60 …%. A declining trend is observed over the last three-year period, 2004-2006. Moreover, firm efficiency increases with firm …

Are Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Research & Development (R&D) inputs or efficiency determinants …. ICT and R&D are used once as inputs, once as efficiency determinants (Coelli et al., 1999). Results show that the rates of … also documented that ICT and R&D contribute positively to explain the efficiency scores. …

international trade. This paper attempts to examine the impact of such certifications on technical efficiency of firms belonging to … the manufacturing sector in India. In analysing the impact of ISO Certification on technical efficiency, this paper uses … data from the CMIE Prowess for the period 2007-2012. In the first step, the paper estimates technical efficiency for the …

The main aim of the paper is to measure the relative efficiency of the R&D sector in the EU-27 at the regional level … relative technical efficiency of R&D activities across selected EU (NUTS-2) regions. The empirical analysis integrates … production and its efficiency, particularly in Poland (Mazowieckie), Lithuania (Lietuva), Latvia (Latvija), Romania (Bucuresti …

This paper analyzes the role of innovation activities in the export participation of Chinese high-tech firms during the … firm-level innovation efforts, measured by R&D and product innovation dummies, play only a minor role for domestic … exporters. Foreign-invested firms dominate the high-tech exports but do not rely on indigenous innovation activities. These …

research organization of this sector with concentration of national research potential The innovation system is operating below … its potential, whether measured by the system’s inputs, outputs, or by the contribution of innovation to economic growth … terms of innovations and excellence in business factors and 92nd under the innovation development indicator. This is not …

with external networks together enhance the probability that firms engage in product and process innovation. Following … data from the Irish Community Innovation Survey 2006-08. In order to control for potential endogeneity of the external …-owned firms which engage in backward networking for product and forward networking for process innovation while also undertaking R …

behind the Park as well as the effects of its operation. The author also describes the role of innovation as the main …