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Investment and subjective uncertainty
Bloom, Nicholas; Davis, Steven J.; Foster, Lucia; … - 2022
A longstanding challenge in evaluating the impact of uncertainty on investment is obtaining measures of managers' subjective uncertainty. We address this challenge by using a detailed new survey measure of subjective uncertainty collected by the U.S. Census Bureau for approximately 25,000...
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How important are ICT and R&D investments for value added in the Swedish business sector?
Edquist, Harald; Henrekson, Magnus - 2015
Since the mid-1990s value added has grown faster in the Swedish business sector than in the business sector of most other OECD countries. We investigate the association between ICT and R&D capital and value added in the Swedish non-farm business sector. By estimating neoclassical production...
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The Swedish model
Kokko, Ari - 2010
The main characteristics of 'the Swedish model' are arguably related to the country's knowledge-intensive industry and its advanced welfare state. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the historical development of these two features of the Swedish economy. The first part looks at industrial...
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Intangible investment and the Swedish manufacturing and service sector paradox
Edquist, Harald - 2011
Since the mid 1990s labor productivity growth in Sweden has been high compared to Japan, the US and the western EU-countries. While productivity growth has been rapid in manufacturing, it has been much slower in the service sector. Paradoxically, all employment growth since the mid 1990s has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008936988
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Data or business first? : manufacturers' transformation toward data-driven business models
Stahl, Bastian; Häckel, Björn; Leuthe, Daniel; … - In: Schmalenbach journal of business research : SBUR 75 (2023) 3, pp. 303-343
Driven by digital technologies, manufacturers aim to tap into data-driven business models, in which value is generated from data as a complement to physical products. However, this transformation can be complex, as different archetypes of data-driven business models require substantially...
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Innovation and Firms’ Performance in the Rwandese Manufacturing Industry. A Firm Level Empirical Analysis
Ndemezo, Etienne - 2018
Rwandese manufacturing firms; (ii) to assess effects of innovation decision on innovation performance of Rwandese manufacturing … firms; and (iii) to evaluate impacts of innovation performance on financial performance of Rwandese manufacturing firms. To … performance. Consequently, in order to boost manufacturing firms' financial performance a public assistance in Research and …
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An Exploration of Factors Shaping Technology-Upgrading Efforts in Mozambican Manufacturing Firms
Warren-Rodriguez, Alex - 2008
This paper presents an analysis of factors shaping technology-upgrading efforts in the Mozambican manufacturing sector. It uses firm-level data to examine these issues for the metalworking and light chemicals sectors, using Logit regression analysis to identify factors associated with firms'...
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Artificial intelligence and industrial innovation : evidence from firm-level data
Rammer, Christian; Fernández, Gastón P.; Czarnitzki, Dirk - 2021 - This version: March 2021
new business models. This paper analyses the extent to which the use of AI contributes to the innovation performance of …
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Is the Information Technology Agreement Facilitating Latecomer Manufacturing and Innovation? India's Experience
Ernst, Dieter - 2014
A defining characteristic of today’s international trading system is that plurilateral trade agreements like the Information Technology Agreement (ITA) are gaining in importance relative to the gridlocked Doha round of multilateral trade negotiations. These more selective trade agreements pose...
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Intangible Investment and the Swedish Manufacturing and Service Sector Paradox
Edquist, Harald Olof - 2012
Since the mid 1990s labor productivity growth in Sweden has been high compared to Japan, the US and the western EU-countries. While productivity growth has been rapid in manufacturing, it has been much slower in the service sector. Paradoxically, all employment growth since the mid 1990s has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013106995