The paper aims to provide methodological suggestions on the measurement of regional corporate R&D, by using a new approach to disentangle corporate R&D by region of ownership and of execution. We make distinction in the concepts: what we call “region of ownership” is where the R&D performer...

The main goal of this article is to assess the impact of product innovation on the economic performance of firms operating in Medium and High-Tech (M&HT) industries. Using information from a large and unique dataset on Italian firms we estimate, by means of Propensity Score (PS) matching...

The main goal of this paper is to assess the impact of product innovation on the economic performance of firms operating in medium and high-tech industries in general and of SMEs in particular. Using information from a large and unique dataset on Italian firms we estimate, by means of propensity...

Using data from the Istat Business R&D (RS1) Survey we explore inward and outward R&D activities of different categories of firms resident in Italy in 2001-2010. From this perspective we provide detailed evidence of the role played by this country in the global creation and transmission of...

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The Dutch are the world's leaders in the ower business despite they seem to lack comparative advantage in the traditional sense. Comparative advantages paid a role in the history of the Dutch ower industry and they still have a role today. Based on a critic of Porter's theories, the...

The paper traces the development of access regulation in the Netherlands, and the parallel process of entering and investment by telecommunications firms. It notes that in 2000, new entrants' investments were of the same order as those of the incumbent, KPN, in local switching and transmission...