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Managerial capital and business R&D as enablers of productivity convergence

Andrews, Dan; Westmore, Ben - 2014

and carefully-designed innovation policies. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010465017

R&D, patenting and growth : the role of public policy

Westmore, Ben - 2013

– proxied by R&D expenditure and the number of new patents – across 19 OECD countries. The relationship between innovation … these measures of innovation intensity and MFP growth. Innovation-specific policies such as R&D tax incentives, direct … forthcoming. A pervasive theme from the analysis is the importance of coupling policies aimed at encouraging innovation or …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009767751

Do resources flow to patenting firms? : cross-country evidence from firm level data

Andrews, Dan; Criscuolo, Chiara; Menon, Carlo - 2014

This paper exploits longitudinal data on firm performance and patenting activity for 23 OECD countries over the period 2003-2010 to explore the extent to which changes in the patent stock are associated with flows of capital and labour to patenting firms. While the finding that patenting is...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010375391

Scaling new heights : achievements and future challenges for productivity convergence in Lithuania

Westmore, Ben - 2016

role of workplace training will be important. So too will be further measures that support the innovation capacity of the … business sector, including innovation policies that promote the absorptive capacity of firms and do not favour incumbents at …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011577800

Public research and innovative entrepreneurship : preliminary cross-country evidence from micro data

Breschi, Stefano; Lassébie, Julie; Lembcke, Alexander; … - 2019

This paper provides a first assessment of the degree to which public research contributes to innovative entrepreneurship, using data on start-ups and venture capital (VC). It looks at academic start-ups founded by recent undergraduates and doctorate students or researchers. It shows that...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012061219

Public policy reforms to further improve Portuguese export performance

Westmore, Ben; Adamczyk, Paula - 2019

to focus innovation policies on raising the participation of small and medium enterprises in innovative activities. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012111061

Portrait of innovative startups across countries

Breschi, Stefano; Lassébie, Julie; Menon, Carlo - 2018

The report presents new cross-country descriptive evidence on innovative start-ups and related venture capital investments drawing upon Crunchbase, a new dataset that is unprecedented in terms of scope and comprehensiveness. The analysis employs a mix of different statistical techniques...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011822137

Reforms for sustainable productivity growth in Ireland

Jin, Yosuke; Westmore, Ben - 2018

The Irish economy has experienced a decline in productivity growth over the past decade. This has mostly reflected the poor performance of local firms, with the large productivity gap between foreign-owned and local enterprises having widened. Given the mobility of foreign-owned firms, achieving...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011914268