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 …

This paper investigates the innovation impact of intangibles by considering the decision of firms to invest in a … these investments are directed to. Intangibles need to be managed strategically in order to have an innovation impact and …

GDP. The high growth resulting from the ever-increasing pace of ICT-related innovation requires high levels of R&D to be … investments into economic growth and employment through innovation. This report aims to provide an overview of subjects and topics …: relationship between public and private R&D expenditure, innovation and the R&D process, and diffusion and impact of ICT. Further …

role of innovation, demand, wages and the composition of employment by professional groups. A model is developed and an … innovation leads to job losses and wage growth has a negative effect that is lower than in other industries. Business services …

This report explores how U.S. federal institutions fund and influence innovation in the knowledge economy context and … having significantly contributed to innovation and growth: (1) the Small Business Innovative Research program (SBIR), (2) the … advanced US innovation is explained in detail. The beginning of the report offers a lens for understanding why and how research …