The paper tests a model of trade in manufacturing products of major G7 countries for the period 1974-1990. Earlier studies demonstrated that market shares are a function of relative export prices (unit export values) and a proxy for the comparative technological advantage (share of international...

Biotechnology is still in the early stage of development. It offers a window of opportunity for emerging developing countries catching up. Scientific research and industrial applications of biotechnology in China have been rapidly developing. The paper examines whether Chinese biotechnology is...

This review of the innovation literature seeks to identify the role of skilled labor in the process of innovation and technological change. After an introduction of main innovation theories, the role of skills is analyzed from several perspectives: (1) Independent innovator – entrepreneur;...

This study examines the effect of R&D tax credits on innovation activities of Canadian manufacturing firms. Over the 1997-1999 period the Federal and Provincial R&D tax credit programs were used by more than one third of all manufacturing firms and by close to two thirds of firms in...

The OECD estimates that between 1970 and 1995 more than half of the total growth in output of the developed world resulted from innovation, and the proportion is increasing as the economy becomes ever more knowledge intensive (European Commission, 2001). Protection of intellectual property is...

Les auteurs de la présente étude se sont penchés sur l’impact de différents facteurs sur l’innovation dans le secteur canadien de la fabrication. Premièrement, ils ont déterminé dans quelle mesure la protection de la propriété intellectuelle favorisait l’innovation. Deuxièmement,...

Research teams from 18 OECD countries used the methodology introduced by Crepon-Dugay and Mairesse (CDM) to analyze the impact of innovation on labour productivity using firm data from national innovation and administrative surveys. To ensure international comparability, the OECD ‘core’ CDM...