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Managerial capital and business R&D as enablers of productivity convergence
Andrews, Dan; Westmore, Ben - 2014
and carefully-designed innovation policies. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010465017
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Scaling new heights : achievements and future challenges for productivity convergence in Lithuania
Westmore, Ben - 2016
role of workplace training will be important. So too will be further measures that support the innovation capacity of the … business sector, including innovation policies that promote the absorptive capacity of firms and do not favour incumbents at …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011577800
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Public policy reforms to further improve Portuguese export performance
Westmore, Ben; Adamczyk, Paula - 2019
to focus innovation policies on raising the participation of small and medium enterprises in innovative activities. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012111061
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R&D, patenting and growth : the role of public policy
Westmore, Ben - 2013
– proxied by R&D expenditure and the number of new patents – across 19 OECD countries. The relationship between innovation … these measures of innovation intensity and MFP growth. Innovation-specific policies such as R&D tax incentives, direct … forthcoming. A pervasive theme from the analysis is the importance of coupling policies aimed at encouraging innovation or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009767751
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Reforms for sustainable productivity growth in Ireland
Jin, Yosuke; Westmore, Ben - 2018
The Irish economy has experienced a decline in productivity growth over the past decade. This has mostly reflected the poor performance of local firms, with the large productivity gap between foreign-owned and local enterprises having widened. Given the mobility of foreign-owned firms, achieving...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011914268