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INCREASING RETURN TO SMART CITIES
Lööf, Hans; Nabavi, Pardis - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2012
Increased urbanization, global warming and sustainable growth belong to the major contemporary policy challenges. Today cities are home to more than 50% of the world population, the largest 600 urban centers generate about 60% of global GDP, and the agglomerated areas are responsible for 75% of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010742102
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Innovation and credit constraints: Evidence from Swedish exporting firms
Lööf, Hans; Nabavi, Pardis - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2014
Existing studies associates financial constraints among innovators to small, young and high-tech firms. High adjustment cost implies that firms save money by smoothing innovation spending across the business cycle if they have available resources. This paper examines whether previous findings on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011099542
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Innovation and performance in manufacturing industries: A comparison of the Nordic countries
Lööf, Hans; Heshmati, Almas; Asplund, Rita; Nåås, … - 2001
The availability of new internationally-harmonized innovation survey data collected from OECD countries has created some interesting opportunities for studying the following two key areas: (1) the determinants of innovation behavior at firm level, and (2) innovation as an important factor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281247
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On the relationship between innovation and performance: A sensitivity analysis
Lööf, Hans; Heshmati, Almas - 2001
performance. In doing so, we rely on a knowledge production function approach and carry out comparisons in a number of respects … the same data sources, an identical model but different data sources, different classifications of firm performance and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281410
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R&D Strategies and Entrepreneurial Spawning
Andersson, Martin; Baltzopoulos, Apostolos; Lööf, Hans - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2010
This paper analyzes how different R&D strategies of incumbent firms affect the quantity and quality of their entrepreneurial spawning. By examining entrepreneurial ventures of ex-employees of firms with different R&D strategies three things emerge: First, firms with persistent R&D investments...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008552418
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On the Relationship between Innovation and Performance: A sensitivity Analysis
Lööf, Hans; Heshmati, Almas - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2001
performance. In doing so, we rely on a knowledge production function approach and carry out comparisons in a number of respects … the same data sources, an identical model but different data sources, different classifications of firm performance and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005190850
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Knowledge Capital and Performance Heterogeneity: A Firm Level Innovation Study
Lööf, Hans; Heshmati, Almas - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2000
This paper is an empirical analysis of knowledge capital and performance heterogeneity at the firm level. We apply new … as the ratio of innovation sales to total sales, is found to be a significant factor contributing to the performance … relationship between firm performance and knowledge capital. This relationship holds even when we control for human capital, type …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005649144
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Innovation and Performance in Manufacturing Industries: A Comparison of the Nordic Countries
Lööf, Hans; Heshmati, Almas; Asplund, Rita; Nåås, … - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2001
The availability of new internationally-harmonized innovation survey data collected from OECD countries has created some interesting opportunities for studying the following two key areas: (1) the determinants of innovation behavior at firm level, and (2) innovation as an important factor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005649409