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The role of skills as a major driver of corporate R&D
Piva, Mariacristina; Vivarelli, Marco - In: International Journal of Manpower 30 (2009) November, pp. 835-852
&D effort and ultimately for improving its performance through innovation. Originality/value – While there is a well …
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Small Firms and R&D Spillovers: Evidence from Italy
Audretsch, David B; Vivarelli, Marco - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994
more important for small-firm innovation than for their larger counterparts. …
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Innovation, Employment and Skills in Advanced and Developing Countries: A Survey of the Literature
Vivarelli, Marco - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
This paper critically discusses the theoretical and empirical literature on the quantitative and qualitative employment impact of technological change, compares the relative explanatory power of the competing theories, and explains in detail the macro and micro evidence on the issue, with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009393120
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Structural Change and Innovation as Exit Strategies from the Middle Income Trap
Vivarelli, Marco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
and innovation, trying to map – using the taxonomies put forward by the innovation literature – the concrete ways through … involved into globalized markets where domestic innovation has to be complemented by the role played by international … technological transfer. Among the ways how a middle income country can foster domestic innovation and structural change in terms of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884188
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Drivers of Entrepreneurship and Post-Entry Performance of Newborn Firms in Developing Countries
Quatraro, Francesco; Vivarelli, Marco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
The aim of this paper is to provide an updated survey of the "state of the art" in entrepreneurial studies, with a particular focus on developing countries (DCs). In particular, the same concept of "entrepreneurship" will be critically discussed, then moving to the institutional, macroeconomic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884241
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Job Creation Effects of R&D Expenditures: Are High-tech Sectors the Key?
Bogliacino, Francesco; Piva, Mariacristina; Vivarelli, Marco - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2011
In this paper we assess the job creation effect of R&D expenditures, using a unique longitudinal database of 677 European companies over the period 1990-2008. We estimate a dynamic labour demand specification using a Least Squares Dummy Variable Corrected (LSDVC) technique. The labour-friendly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886125
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Technology, Employment and Skills: An Interpretative Framework
Vivarelli, Marco - In: Eurasian Business Review 3 (2013) 1, pp. 66-89
In this paper the theoretical literature on the quantitative and qualitative employment impact of technological change is critically discussed and the relative explanatory power of the competing economic theories assessed. Copyright Eurasia Business and Economics Society 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010950504
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The Middle Income Trap: A Way Out Based on Technological and Structural Change
Vivarelli, Marco - Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche, … - 2014
innovation, trying to map – using the taxonomies put forward by the innovation literature – the concrete ways through which a … into globalized markets where domestic innovation has to be complemented by the role played by international technological … transfer. Among the ways how a middle income country can foster domestic innovation and structural change in terms of sectoral …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010928986
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Entrepreneurship in Advanced and Developing Countries: A Microeconomic Perspective
Vivarelli, Marco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
The purpose of this paper is to provide a contribution to the identification of the role of entrepreneurship in economic growth by mapping out: 1) alternative ways of looking at entrepreneurship, distinguishing 'creative destruction' from simple 'turbulence'; 2) the different microeconomic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279314
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Structural Change and Innovation in Developing Economies: A Way Out of the Middle Income Trap ?
Vivarelli, Marco - Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Scuola … - 2015
and innovation, trying to map - using the taxonomies put forward by the innovation literature - the concrete ways through … involved into globalized markets where domestic innovation has to be complemented by the role played by international … technological transfer. Among the ways how a middle income country can foster domestic innovation and structural change in terms of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011262848