This paper explores the effects of two main sources of innovation - intramural and external R&D - on the productivity … level in a sample of 3,267 Catalan firms. The data set used is based on the official innovation survey of Catalonia which … different patterns at both innovation sources as we move across conditional quantiles. The elasticity of intramural R …

Many writers have claimed that R&D has two 'faces'. In addition to the conventional role of stimulating innovation, R … important in this catch up process as well as stimulating innovation directly. Trade, by contrast, plays a more modest role in … productivity growth …

In the early 1990's, the Argentine government promoted a framework for productivity-based negotiations between firms … investigate the effect of union practices on productivity within the context of the reform. The findings show that (i) industry …-wide practices on displacement of workers and training have a negative impact on productivity; (ii) work practices do not appear to …

In the early 1990’s, the Argentine government promoted a framework for productivity-based negotiations between firms … investigate the effect of union practices on productivity within the context of the reform. The findings show that (i) industry …-wide practices on displacement of workers and training have a negative impact on productivity; (ii) work practices do not appear to …

technological advancements in specific areas. We also discuss the implications for innovation and industrial policy actions. …

measures perform well in regression analysis explaining productivity across OECD countries and over time. In OECD samples …

innovation, also considering the interaction of these variables with the structural indicator of the public debt. The main …

types of product and process innovation on employment growth with an outlook on the whole conditional employment growth … distribution. Results show that product innovation - especially in terms of good new to the entire market - has a positive effect … innovation appears instead to have less clear-cut dynamics, consistently with existing evidence. Among different types of process …