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Mapping the two faces of R&D : productivity growth in a panel of OECD industries

Griffith, Rachel; Redding, Stephen; Van Reenen, John - 2001

Many writers have claimed that R&D has two 'faces'. In addition to the conventional role of stimulating innovation, R … important in this catch up process as well as stimulating innovation directly. Trade, by contrast, plays a more modest role in …

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Employment protection legislation, multinational firms and innovation

Griffith, Rachel; Macartney, Gareth - 2010

The theoretical effects of labour regulations such as employment protection legislation (EPL) on innovation is … technologically advanced innovation. In this paper we find empirical evidence that both effects are at work - multinational … innovation in countries with low EPL. -- Innovation ; employment protection ; multinational firm location …

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Product market reform and innovation in the EU

Griffith, Rachel (contributor); Harrison, Rupert (contributor) - 2006

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ICT, corporate restructuring and productivity

Abramovsky, Laura (contributor); … - 2009

Stronger productivity growth in the US than the EU over the late 1990s is widely attributed to faster, more widespread adoption of information and communication technology (ICT). The literature has emphasised complementarities in production between ICT and internal restructuring as an important...

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Innovation in China : the rise of Chinese inventors in the production of knowledge

Griffith, Rachel; Miller, Helen - 2011

working alongside inventors from the firm's home country. -- China ; innovation ; offshoring ; patents …

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The location of innovative activity in Europe

Abramovsky, Laura; Griffith, Rachel; Macartney, Gareth; … - 2008

In this paper we use new data to describe how firms from 15 European countries organise their innovative activities. The data matches firm level accounting data with information on the patents that those firms and their subsidiaries have applied for at the European Patents Office. We describe...

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