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Fernández Gual, Verónica
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Segarra Blasco, Agustí,
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Xarxa de Referència en Economia Aplicada (XREAP)
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https://ddd.uab.cat/record/181503
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urn:oai:ddd.uab.cat:181503
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This paper investigates relationships between cooperation, R&D, innovation and productivity in Spanish firms. It uses a large sample of firm-level micro-data and applies an extended structural model that aims to explain the effects of cooperation on R&D investment, of R&D investment on output innovation, and of innovation on firms' productivity levels. It also analyses the determinants of R&D cooperation. Firms' technology level is taken into account in order to analyse the differences between high-tech and low-tech firms, both in the industrial and service sectors. The database used was the Technological Innovation Panel (PITEC) for the period 2004-2010. Empirical results show that firms which cooperate in innovative activities are more likely to invest in R&D in subsequent years. As expected, R&D investment has a positive impact on the probability of generating an innovation, in terms of both product and process, for manufacturing firms. Finally, innovation output has a positive impact on firms' productivity, being greater in process innovations.
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application/pdf
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Xarxa de Referència en Economia Aplicada (XREAP)
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Xarxa de Referència en Economia Aplicada (XREAP). Documents de treball de la Xarxa de Referència en Economia Aplicada (XREAP) ;
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
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Recerca industrial
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Innovacions tecnològiques
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The Impact of Cooperation on R&D, Innovation andProductivity : an Analysis of Spanish Manufacturing and Services Firms
