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Corporate R&D and firm efficiency : evidence from Europe's top R&D investors
Kumbhakar, Subal; Ortega-Argilés, Raquel; Potters, Lesley - 2010
The main objective of this study is to investigate the impact of corporate R&D activities on firm performance, measured by labour productivity. To this end, the stochastic frontier technique is used on a unique unbalanced longitudinal dataset on top European R&D investors over the period...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011981958
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R&D-intensive SMEs in Europe : what do we know about them?
Ortega-Argilés, Raquel; Potters, Lesley; Voigt, Peter - 2009
The importance of SMEs in Europe's innovation process can be seen in both the academic and the political arena. Adopted … in June 2008, the 'Small Business Act' for Europe reflects the Commission's political will to recognise the central role … development. This kind of policy calls for a more in-depth look into the nature of the SME population in Europe. Several attempts …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012056191