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Micro evidence for sources of innovation in European countries

Davide Piacentino

MPRA Paper from University Library of Munich, Germany

Abstract: This paper investigates sources of product or process innovation, such as investments in research and development, machinery, personnel training and management systems, by examining microdata from eight European countries. We pay particular attention to the effect of research and development in favouring the absorption of new technologies, i.e. the absorptive capacity. Significant positive effects of each source on both product and process innovations are found. Significant evidence of positive absorptive capacity emerges only in firms with low predicted probabilities of introducing innovation.

Keywords: Innovation; Absorption; Microdata; European countries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D21 O31 O32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-05-29
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