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Where to get the best bang for the buck in the United Kingdom? : industrial strategy, investment and lagging regions
Kierzenkowski, Rafał; Gál, Peter; Fulop, Gabor - 2017
The United Kingdom is preparing a modern industrial strategy to boost labour productivity across the whole country and to narrow regional gaps in living standards. This raises the question of the optimal allocation of scarce resources in meeting these targets. This study identifies industrial...
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Impact of counterfeiting on the performance of digital technology companies
Butticè, Vincenzo; Caviggioli, Federico; Franzoni, Chiara - 2018
innovation performance of companies and can pose major threats to global competition and economic growth. However, the actual … impact of counterfeiting on the performance of companies has not been tested empirically, due to methodological problems … counterfeiting could have in part a beneficial effect on the performance of companies, due to indirect advertising, calling for …
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The merits of new pollutants and how to get them when parents are granted
Perino, Grischa - 2006
The performance of market based environmental regulation is affected by patents and vice versa. This interaction is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003379131
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The 2018 edition of the OECD PMR indicators and database : methodological improvements and policy insights
Vitale, Cristiana; Bitetti, Rosamaria; Wanner, Isabelle; … - 2020
This paper presents the latest edition of the OECD indicators of product market regulation (PMR), which measure regulatory stance in 35 OECD and 11 non-OECD countries. This update is based on a new methodology, which has been implemented to ensure that the PMR indicators maintain their relevance...
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Mark-ups in the digital era
Calligaris, Sara; Criscuolo, Chiara; Marcolin, Luca - 2018
This paper examines the evolution of firm mark-ups across 26 countries for the period 2001-14. It also discusses and investigates empirically how this can be related to the degree of digital transformation in sectors. Four main facts emerge: i) mark-ups are increasing over the period, on average...
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Reforming the large business groups to promote productivity and inclusion in Korea
Jones, Randall Sidney - 2018
for corporate control would lead to better performance by the groups. The ownership structure of the groups needs to be …
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Concentration and market power in the food chain
Deconinck, Koen - 2021
Concerns about market power and competition in the agri-food sector are widespread, with commentators regularly suggesting that farmers are in a structurally weaker position than other actors, who therefore benefit at their expense. The evidence reviewed in this paper indicates that downstream...
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Enhancing business dynamism and consumer welfare in Costa Rica with regulatory reform
González Pandiella, Alberto - 2020
Regulations of product markets serve legitimate objectives but, when ill-designed, can impose unnecessary restrictions on competition, and therefore on business dynamism, productivity and ultimately well-being. A recent update of the OECD’s Product Market Regulation indicator for Costa Rica...
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Corporate R&D and firm efficiency : evidence from Europe's top R&D investors
Kumbhakar, Subal; Ortega-Argilés, Raquel; Potters, Lesley - 2010
The main objective of this study is to investigate the impact of corporate R&D activities on firm performance, measured …
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Persistent heterogeneity of R&D intensities within sectors : evidence and policy implications
Coad, Alexander - 2017
Do firms in the same sector converge towards the same R&D intensities? Previous research has often assumed this to be true. A closer examination, using microdata from the EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard for the years 2000-2015, shows a large amount of heterogeneity in R&D intensities...
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