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This paper investigates the sectoral dynamics of the major economies during the last decade through the lens of the top 1000 R&D investors worldwide and looks at how firms' demographics are related to sector distribution. In doing so, it contributes to the literature on the EU corporate R&D...
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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...
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Policy-makers have become increasingly aware that corporate R&D and innovation are the main drivers of an economy … concludes that policy measures to stimulate corporate R&D and innovation activities should be expressly conceived according to …
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R&D intensity indicators are increasingly used not only for international comparisons, but also as targets for policies stimulating research. The two are of course intimately linked: it makes little sense to set a quantitative policy target when not knowing whether it is high or low compared to...
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One of the main objectives of the new European research and innovation policy agenda is to favour the positive … presents a literature review on the economics of research, innovation and competitiveness, focusing on the evidence available … regarding the determinants for company creation and growth and the role played by Research, Development (R&D) and innovation …
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Empresas, the Spanish innovation survey conducted annually by the Spanish National Statistics Institute (INE). The main …
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This study compares the employment growth patterns of innovative and non-innovative firms focusing on whether there are systematic differences in the persistence of the jobs created. Using data from a unique longitudinal dataset of 3,300 Spanish firms over the years 2002-2009, obtained by...
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that of the previous downturn. To control for a possible endogeneity bias as part of innovation decisions a Recursive … considerably less than the performance of non-innovative ones. Changes in the innovation patterns are also observed. Possible …
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This paper assesses the contribution of skilled employment and labour market conditions to the ability of attracting knowledge intensive and manufacturing greenfield FDI. We carry out our analysis by controlling for a wide range of labour market features, such as the collective bargaining...
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Research and development (R&D) indicators are increasingly used not only to facilitate international comparisons, but also as targets for policies stimulating research. An example of such an indicator is R&D intensity. The decomposition method of R&D intensity was conceived with the aim of...
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