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The Wider Economic Impacts of High-Skilled Migrants: A Survey of the Literature
Nathan, Max - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
In recent years, the economics of migration literature has shown a substantial growth in papers exploring host country impacts beyond the labour market. Specifically, researchers have begun to shift their attention from labour market and fiscal changes, towards exploring what we might call...
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The Radical Innovation Investment Decision Refined
Bilkic, Natasa; Gries, Thomas; Naudé, Wim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
stochastic shocks imply that investment in radical innovation may very often be too time consuming and/or expensive to remain …We refine modelling of the radical innovation decision in this paper by extending real option theory to include non …
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Banks and Innovation: Microeconometric Evidence on Italian Firms
Benfratello, Luigi; Schiantarelli, Fabio; Sembenelli, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
set on innovation for a large number of Italian firms over the 1990’s. There is evidence that banking development affects … the probability of process innovation, particularly for small firms and for firms in high(er) tech sectors and in sectors … more dependent upon external finance. The evidence for product innovation is weaker. There is also some evidence that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822124
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Succeeding in Innovation: Key Insights on the Role of R&D and Technological Acquisition Drawn from Company Data
Conte, Andrea; Vivarelli, Marco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper discusses the relationship between a company's investment in innovation and its success in introducing new … homogenous R&D-based knowledge production function by introducing different types of innovation investments (R&D and technology … acquisition) for different sets of companies. Using the Community Innovation Survey (CIS) dataset comprising more than 3000 …
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How Do Young Innovative Companies Innovate?
Pellegrino, Gabriele; Piva, Mariacristina; Vivarelli, Marco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
This paper discusses the determinants of product innovation in young innovative companies (YICs) by looking at in …-house R&D is linked to the propensity to introduce product innovation both in mature firms and YICs; however, innovation …
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The Job Creation Effect of R&D Expenditures
Bogliacino, Francesco; Vivarelli, Marco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
In this study we use a unique database covering 25 manufacturing and service sectors for 16 European countries over the period 1996-2005, for a total of 2,295 observations, and apply GMM-SYS panel estimations of a demand-for-labour equation augmented with technology. We find that R&D...
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Beyond Additionality: Are Innovation Subsidies Counterproductive?
Catozzella, Alessandra; Vivarelli, Marco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
two (input and output) dimensions of innovation into a unique efficiency perspective. To this aim, the impact of public … sample of firm-level data drawn from the third Italian Community Innovation Survey (CIS). A bivariate endogenous switching … the innovation subsidy; far from 'doing better' as a result of government intervention, supported firms appear to exhaust …
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Financial Markets, Banks' Cost of Funding, and Firms' Decisions: Lessons from Two Crises
Balduzzi, Pierluigi; Brancati, Emanuele; Schiantarelli, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
firms to cut investment, employment, and borrowing. We conclude that financial market fluctuations affect even private firms …
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Effect of Perceptions and Behaviour on Access to and Use of Financial Service: Evidence from South Africa
Annim, Samuel; Arun, Thankom Gopinath; Kostov, Philip - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
) investment/savings and (c) insurance/assurance Using FinScope dataset from South Africa over the period 2003 to 2009,ordered … behaviour is greater than financial perception when making decisions on the take-up and use of investment financial services. It …
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Usage of Financial Services in South Africa: Perceptions Matter
Kostov, Philip; Arun, Thankom Gopinath; Annim, Samuel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
categorised in three types namely; general accounts and services, investment/savings and insurance/assurance. Taking into account …
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