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We introduce a novel empirical strategy to measure credit shocks. Theoretically, we show that credit shocks reduce the value of long term investments relative to short term ones. Under the (conservative) assumption that demand shocks affect short and long run investments similarly, credit shocks...
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Marketing is attributed to be the dominant factor for the failure of the successful commercialization of a new product development. However, its funding aspects and the relation with engineering-related efforts such as the technical development and manufacturing is less studied. This report...
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Following periods of intense technological innovation, R&D is a critical driver of technology diffusion, but it is … investor sentiment, we study whether sentiment strengthens the link between aggregate innovation and firm-level R&D for …
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technological innovation and future firm-level R&D expenses, which include the resources used for small-scale experimentation. I … find that rapidly improving investor sentiment strengthens the effect of technological innovation on one-year-ahead R … driven by sentiment proxying for technological innovation or by sentiment and R&D expenses being jointly determined. The …
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relationship between job creation and innovation, as measured by R&D investments, in Norwegian manufacturing. We compare job …
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relationship between job creation and innovation, as measured by R&D investments, in Norwegian manufacturing. We compare job …
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relationship between job creation and innovation, as measured by R&D investments, in Norwegian manufacturing. We compare job …
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The full implications of the global financial crisis of 2008-2009 are yet to be revealed. The crucial question is whether a crisis of such severe magnitude will set \"cleansing mechanisms\" into motion as suggested by the opportunity cost argument of R&D, or rather destroy the long-term...
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become an even more important determinant of growth through its impact on innovation. This note reviews global trends that … make a policy focus on technological learning and innovation more important than ever for developing countries. The note … innovation policy moving forward. Developing countries would benefit from an increased policy emphasis on technological learning …
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During the recent financial crisis, corporate borrowing and capital expenditures fall sharply. Most existing research links the two phenomena by arguing that a shock to bank lending (or, more generally, to the corporate credit supply) caused a reduction in capital expenditures. The economic...
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