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The organization of public-private cooperation for productive development policies
Cornick, Jorge - 2013
Productive development policies (PDPs)-what used to be called industrial policies-are increasingly recognized as an essential part of the development toolkit, and the need for public-private cooperation is increasingly viewed as a key element for the successful design and implementation of such...
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Financing patterns of innovative SMEs and the perception of innovation barriers in Germany
Belitz, Heike; Lejpras, Anna - 2014
We analyze the role of public support in the financing pattern of R&D in German SMEs and their assessment of financing conditions in the context of other framework conditions for innovation. In Germany, there is a diversity of overall well-funded technology-neutral and technology-specific...
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Small and medium enterprises in Japan : surviving the long-term recession
Uchikawa, Shuji - 2009
The relationship between large enterprises (LEs) and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Japan has undergone major changes during the long-term recession since 1991. While SMEs still play the important role of supplying parts and components to LEs through subcontracting, many LEs have started...
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Potential and partnerships in innovations in EU-funded research projects
Nepelski, Daniel; Piroli, Giuseppe - 2016
We analyse the relationship between the composition of innovation partnerships and the potential of their innovations developed within EU-funded research projects under the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7), the European Union's Research and Innovation...
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Works councils and learning : on the dynamic dimension of codetermination
Jirjahn, Uwe; Mohrenweiser, Jens; Backes-Gellner, Uschi - 2010
This study provides the first econometric analysis on the dynamic dimension of establishment-level codetermination in Germany. We hypothesize that learning implies a change in the nature and scope of codetermination over time. Using unique data from small- and medium-sized establishments, our...
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The role of environmental regulations and innovation in TFP convergence : evidence from manufacturing SMEs in Viet Nam
Nguyen, Huu Thanh Tam; Minh, Nguyen-Khac; Quoc, Tran-Nam - 2017
This is a pioneer study investigating the relationship between environmental compliance and TFP convergence for SMEs. It examines the impacts of environmental compliance, and its combination with innovation, on TFP convergence of manufacturing SMEs. We applied the dynamic panel regression method...
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Turbulence, flexibility and performance of the long-lived small firm
Power, Bernadette; Reid, Gavin C. - 2003
in Scotland. New measures of flexibility and turbulence are used to explain the performance of mature small firms. These … depend on our unique body of evidence from interviews with owner managers. Performance is measured using a Likert scale over … performance. This is done in two forms. The first involves generalised least squares estimation (with heteroskedastic adjustment …
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Which innovations for circular business models? : a product life-cycle approach
Chioatto, Elisa; Zecca, Emy; D'Amato, Alessio - 2020
The Circular Economy concept has emerged to face current unsustainable economic trends. Circularity requires to go beyond mainstream linear business models in favour of new design strategies and production processes able to support an efficient use and a continuous flow of resources. Clarifying...
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Employment effects of R&D and innovation : evidence from small and medium-sized firms in emerging markets
Goel, Rajeev K.; Nelson, Michael A. - 2021
This paper studies the impact of research and development (R&D) and innovation on employment growth, focusing on small and medium-sized firms. Employment effects of R&D and innovation are unclear a priori as process innovation may be labor-saving or labor might have complementarities with other...
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Boosting SMEs' internationalisation in Poland
Goujard, Antoine; Guérin, Pierre - 2020
services sectors fostering robust growth and productivity performance. However, the benefits of this development have been …
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