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Reshaping skills, industrial relations and social protection for the knowledge economy : evidence from Germany
Diessner, Sebastian; Durazzi, Niccolo; Hope, David - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012585005
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Business development and the growth of rural SMEs
Freshwater, David; Garcilazo-Corredera, José Enrique; … - 2019
The paper reviews the role of Small and Medium Size Enterprises (SMEs) as drivers of employment and economic growth in rural regions across a number of OECD geographies. It argues that SME creation is especially important for rural economic development and identified lessons for national level...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012132883
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ICT-induced technological progress and employment: a happy marriage or a dangerous liaison? : a literature review
Sabadash, Anna - 2013
This report surveys the literature on the employment impact of ICT. Two competing views - compensation and substitution theory - dominate the current economic debate. The first assumes that the labour-saving impact of technological progress is counterbalanced by various compensation mechanisms....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011979469
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Employed inventors, inter-firm mobility, bonus pay with multi-stage R&D processes, and optimal innovation policy
D'Andria, Diego - 2016
who hire workers in R&D functions to make product innovations. The innovation process consists of distinct phases …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011981916
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Evolution of globalised business R&D : features, drivers, impacts
Moncada Paternò Castello, Pietro; Voigt, Peter; … - 2011
The globalisation of R&D activities has continued to grow as companies are increasingly trying to capture knowledge and market opportunities internationally. The rapid evolution of national economies and the ways to conduct knowledge-intensive businesses has brought researchers and analysts to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011982051
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Towards a European R&D incentive? : an assessment of R&D provisions under a common corporate tax base
D'Andria, Diego; Pontikakis, Dimitrios; Skonieczna, … - 2017
national innovation systems. We conclude with a broad consideration of what these may be for the varied and variably developed … business innovation capabilities found across the EU. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011982078
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Job creation effects of R&D expenditures : are high-tech sectors the key?
Bogliacino, Francesco; Piva, Mariacristina; Vivarelli, Marco - 2011
In this paper we assess the job creation effect of R&D expenditures, using a unique longitudinal database of 677 European companies over the period 1990-2008. We estimate a dynamic labour demand specification using a Least Squares Dummy Variable Corrected (LSDVC) technique. The labour-friendly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011982194
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Innovation and productivity in services : evidence from Germany, Ireland and the United Kingdom
Peters, Bettina; Riley, Rebecca R.; Siedschlag, Iulia; … - 2014
This paper examines the links between innovation and productivity in service enterprises. For this purpose, we use … micro data from the Community Innovation Survey 2008 in Germany, Ireland and the United Kingdom, and estimate an augmented … structural model. Our results indicate that innovation in service enterprises is linked to higher productivity. In all three …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011983700
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From R&D to market : using trademarks to capture the market capability of top R&D investors
Castaldi, Carolina; Dosso, Mafini - 2018
This paper investigates the links between the market capability of top corporate R&D investors (EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboards), as captured by trademark data and their economic performance in terms of net sales growth. It provides empirical evidence to better understand the extent to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011995467
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Private investment in Italy
Briguglio, Damiano; Dimitriadis, Lazaros; Maestri, Virginia - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012120943