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Micro-Evidence on the Determinants of Innovation in The Netherlands: The Relative Importance of Absorptive Capacity and Agglomeration Externalities

Smit, Martijn J.; Abreu, Maria A.; Groot, Henri L.F. de - Tinbergen Instituut - 2010

externalities in explaining variation in innovation rates across firms. More specifically, we combine micro-data and census data to … estimate the probability that a firm will introduce a goods, service or process innovation. We consider internal firm … agglomeration variables are only significant for a few specific sectors, and even then only for some types of innovation. Accepted …

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Organization Context and Human Resource Management in the Small Firm

Kok, Jan de; Uhlaner, Lorraine M. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2001

This paper examines the relationship between organization contextual variables and humanresource management (HRM) practices in small firms. The proposed model is based on anintegration of theoretical perspectives, including the resource-based approach, institutionaltheory, transaction cost...

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The Return to R&D and Seller-buyer Interactions: A Quantile Regression Approach

Westerberg, Hans Seerar - Ratioinstitutet - 2014

In this paper we analyze whether a firm’s return to its R&D stock is affected by seller-buyer interactions. We suggest that firms that are in close contact with their customers will be relatively more sensitive to their customers’ needs, and therefore adjust their R&D activities accordingly....

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