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Shifts in Innovation Power to Brazil and India: Insights from the Auto and Software Industries
Lema, Rasmus; Quadros, Ruy; Schmitz, Hubert - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
The global innovation map is changing. Until a few years ago innovation activities were concentrated in the US, Europe … and Japan. Not anymore. The rising powers of China, India and Brazil are encroaching on the innovation stronghold of the … shift in innovation power by concentrating on factors within the rising powers, such as their investment in high …
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Resting on Laurels: A Theory of Inertia in Organizations.
Ruckes, Martin; Rønde, Thomas - Centre for Industrial Economics (CIE), Økonomisk Institut - 2003
We present a model where the employees of a firm have to search for profitable business projects in a changing environment. Employees who have found a successful project in the past period are shown to be reluctant to search for new and better projects leading to corporate inertia. This reduces...
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Excessive Deficits and Research and Development capacity
Afonso, Oscar; Alves, Rui Henrique; Vasconcelos, Paulo B. - In: EKONOMIAZ 68 (2008) 02, pp. 354-367
Within the debate that involves the application of a tax discipline in the EMU, some authors have questioned the adequacy of the use of the same tax rules for all the different member states, appealing to a more temporary tax flexibility for the small and less developed countries. For such...
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Déficit excesivos e investigación y desarrollo
Afonso, Oscar; Alves, Rui Henrique; Vasconcelos, Paulo B. - In: EKONOMIAZ 68 (2008) 02, pp. 354-369
Within the debate that involves the application of a tax discipline in the EMU, some authors have questioned the adequacy of the use of the same tax rules for all the different member states, appealing to a more temporary tax flexibility for the small and less developed countries. For such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010751601
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Distribution and Growth in an Economy with Limited Needs
Saint-Paul, Gilles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001
This paper studies a model of the distribution of income under bounded needs. Utility derived from any given good reaches a bliss point at a finite consumption level of that good. On the other hand, introducing new varieties always increases utility. It is assumed that each variety is owned by a...
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The Impact of Technological and Non-Technological Innovations on Firm Growth
Ali-Yrkkö, Jyrki; Martikainen, Olli - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2008
This study investigates the relationship between innovations and firm growth, based on the data of Finnish firms operating in the software industry. We find that in terms of turnover and employment, firms with only technological innovations do not grow more rapidly than other firms. However,...
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Education and Human Capital Development to Strengthen R&D Capacity in the ASEAN
Tereso S. TULLAO, Jr.; CABUAY, Christopher James - Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) - 2013
capital is a major factor in creating the research and innovation infrastructure of a mature economy. Looking at the research … the soft skills of engineering students, and adopting an innovation perspective in the development of a nation. …
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Rough Road to Market: Institutional Barriers to Innovations in Africa
Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, Banji; Gehl Sampath, Padmashree - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2006
innovation framework. …
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Italian firms� innovation strategies in 2008-2010
Leandro D�Aurizio; Marinucci, Marco - Banca d'Italia - 2013
The paper describes the innovation strategies of a representative sample of Italian firms participating to the Bank of … able to influence the firms� decision of undertaking the innovation process. Even though R&D expenditure and innovation … extent with the firms� ability to introduce an innovation. Moreover, exporting firms have a higher propensity both to …
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The Innovation Performance of the Czech Republic and a Comparison with Other European Union Member States
Pavelka, Tomáš - In: Acta Oeconomica Pragensia 2013 (2013) 3, pp. 3-13
The European Union dedicates considerable attention to research, development and innovation. Within the long …-term strategy Europe 2020, Innovation Union has become one of the key initiatives. The European Union has decided to regularly … monitor progress in this area through the Summary Innovation Index. The Czech Republic also pays considerable attention to …
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