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The Productivity Effects of Internal and External R&D: Evidence From a Dynamic Panel Data Model

Lokshin, Boris; Belderbos, René; Carree, Martin - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2007

We examine the impact of internal and external R&D on labor productivity in a 6-year panel of Dutch manufacturing firms. We apply a dynamic linear panel data model that allows for decreasing or increasing returns to scale in internal and external R&D and for economies of scope. We find...

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The Voyage of the Beagle in Innovation Systems Land.Explorations on Sectors, Innovation, Heterogeneity and Selection

Srholec, Martin; Verspagen, Bart - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2008

The aim of the paper is to assess heterogeneity of the innovation process. Using exploratory factor analysis on micro … data from the third Community Innovation Survey in 13 countries, we identify four factors that that can be interpreted as … research, user, external and production ingredients of innovation. All too often it is assumed that the differences between the …

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A Multilevel Analysis of Innovation in Developing Countries

Srholec, Martin - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2008

Innovation is a multilevel phenomenon. Not only characteristics of firms but also environment within which firms … developing countries, we estimate a multilevel model of innovation that integrates explanatory factors at different levels of the …

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Understanding multilevel interactions in economic development

Goedhuys, Micheline; Srholec, Martin - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2010

National framework conditions mediate the effect of technological capabilities of firms on their productivity. Although this has been recognized in the literature for a long time, a quantitative test that explicitly considers this hypothesis has been lacking. Using a World Bank datasets of about...

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Intra-firm Technology Transfer and R&D in Foreign Affiliates: Substitutes or Complements? Evidence from Japanese Multinational Firms

Belderbos, René; Ito, Banri; Wakasugi, Ryuhei - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2008

R&D in foreign affiliates and technology transferred from their parent firms are important potential drivers of productivity in host countries. In this paper we examine the simultaneous impact of local R&D and intra-firm international technology transfer on productivity growth in foreign...

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