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. A heterodox approach is used to study the effects of regulation, which starts from a system of innovation and … distinguishes different innovation functions. These functions are used as a bridge to incorporate the various paradigms of the … show that despite an early start, the US innovation system has not worked sufficiently until now. In contrast, regulations …
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This empirical research note documents the relationship between composition of a firm's workforce (with a special focus on age and gender) and its performance with respect to innovative activities (outlays and employment in research and development (R&D)) for a large representative sample of...
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The German economy recovered more rapidly than the majority of other developed countries from the severe slump that the global economic and financial crisis brought in its wake. Weak demand in the euro area was offset by robust growth in exports to countries outside the region. The German...
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There is a broad consensus in the literature in that R&D is a precondition for innovation and in turn, for economic … of R&D as an instrument to foster the regional innovation performance. However, the relation between regional R&D and … regional innovation. Thus, empirical evidence shows that some regions perform well in economic terms, irrespective of their …
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The article questions the reasons explaining the localized character of innovative firms? founding. Based on an in-depth qualitative field study reconstructing the founding mechanisms of German biotechnology firms, it demonstrates that localized knowledge spillovers ? which are frequently...
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Looks at practices that boost worker employability and capacity to deal with technological advances. Refers to the Lisbon Agenda with a view of priority action areas, the standardization of qualifications in the European Union, the European Credit Transfer System for higher education, and issues...
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This paper contributes to the literature by providing the first evidence on the link between innovation activities … convincing attempt to investigate the direction of the causal link between exports and innovation activities. …
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We analyze the impact of the probabilistic nature of patents on the functioning of Germany's bifurcated patent litigation system where infringement and validity of a patent are decided independently by different courts. We show that bifurcation creates situations in which a patent is held...
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This empirical research note documents the relationship between composition of a firm's workforce (with a special focus on age and gender) and its performance with respect to innovative activities (outlays and employment in research and development (R&D)) for a large representative sample of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959523
affects inventive activity (including innovation and patenting) while analyzing the views and predictions that have used …, professional and institutional attributes, the findings show that NE increases both patenting and innovation. Implications for …
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