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MANAGING ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM DEPLOYMENT: AN OPTIMAL ALLOCATION BETWEEN R&D AND PROTOTYPE FUNDING

Rothwell, G. - In: Economics of Innovation and New Technology 16 (2007) 6, pp. 419-432

The research and development manager allocates R&D funds to maximize the expected discounted net value of the R&D programme. Because public R&D managers do not have the same market discipline (or rewards) as private R&D managers, public R&D managers require a methodology for maximizing the...

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R&D and Productivity in German Manufacturing Firms

Harhoff, Dietmar - In: Economics of Innovation and New Technology 6 (1998) 1, pp. 29-50

This papcr uses a new firm panel data set to explore the relationship between R&D and productivity in German manufacturing firms for the period from 1979 to 1989. The results confirm the view that K&D is an important determinant of productivity growth. In the cross-section, the elasticity of...

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R&D and productivity growth: Evidence from the UK

Kafouros, Mario - In: Economics of Innovation and New Technology 14 (2005) 6, pp. 479-497

Although the econometric evaluation of R&D has attracted wide interest in many countries, it has not attracted much in the UK. The main objective of this paper is to fill this void, i.e., to estimate the impact of R&D on productivity growth of the UK manufacturing sector. However, there are some...

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How Does the Management of Research Impact the Disclosure of Knowledge? Evidence from Scientific Publications and Patenting Behavior

Moon, Seongwuk - 2015

This paper examines the effect of control rights over whether to publish or patent research results. University researchers have substantial discretion over disclosure, while management in non-academic organizations often direct researchers to patent their findings. Thus, the effect of control...

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Innovation And Job Creation In A Smallopen Economy-Evidence From Norwegian Manufacturing Plants 1982-92

Klette, Jakob; Førre, Svein Erik - In: Economics of Innovation and New Technology 5 (1998) 2-4, pp. 247-272

relationship between job creation and innovation, as measured by R&D investments, in Norwegian manufacturing. We compare job …

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Innovation Platforms and the Governance of Knowledge : Evidence from Italy and the UK

Consoli, Davide - 2014

Innovation is a collective process that entails the coordination of distributed knowledge across diverse organizations …. Technology infrastructures provide innovation systems with governance mechanisms to create and sustain complementarities across … otherwise dispersed competences. The paper presents innovation platforms as a specific case of technology infrastructure …

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Improving the Performance of the Education Sector: The Valuable, Challenging, and Limited Role of Random Assignment Evaluations

Murnane, Richard J.; Nelson, Richard R. - In: Economics of Innovation and New Technology 16 (2007) 5, pp. 307-322

In an attempt to improve the quality of educational research, the US Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences has provided funding for 65 randomized controlled trials of educational interventions. We argue that this research methodology is more effective in providing guidance to...

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INTELLIGENT MACHINE TECHNOLOGY AND PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH

Leech, David; Scott, John - In: Economics of Innovation and New Technology 17 (2008) 7-8, pp. 677-687

This paper provides preliminary estimates of the productivity impact of intelligent machine technology (IMT) and the rate of return to IMT research and development (R&D) over the next two decades. The paper adapts economists' traditional productivity growth model to enable the use of industrial...

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R&D, public innovation policy, and productivity: The case of danish manufacturing

Sørensen, Anders; Kongsted, Hans Christian; Marcusson, Mats - In: Economics of Innovation and New Technology 12 (2003) 2, pp. 163-178

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between private R&D, public innovation support transferred … innovation support has a positive and significant effect on private R&D expenditures with an estimated elasticity of 0 ….062. Second, the indirect effect on productivity from public innovation support is reflected in a positive point estimate which is …

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R&D Activities In a Peripheral Region: an Empirical Study with Special Reference to the North East Region of the UK

Seddighi, H. R.; Huntley, P. J. - In: Economics of Innovation and New Technology 16 (2007) 3, pp. 211-225

This study examines the incidence of research and development (R&D) activities, type of R&D undertaken and the incidence of R&D co-operation among manufacturing firms located in a key urban area of the North East England, a peripheral region of the UK. We have found that over 62% of...

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