Linking Knowledge to Productivity: A Germany-Italy Comparison Using the CIS Database |
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Authors: | Francesca Lotti Enrico Santarelli |
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Institution: | (1) Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari e di Perfezionamento S. Anna, Pisa, Italy;(2) Department of Economics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A;(3) Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Universitá di Bologna, Strada Maggiore, 45, I-40125 Bologna, Italy |
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Abstract: | This paper employs micro-aggregated data from the FirstCommunity Innovation Survey for assessing the contribution of the level and type of R & D spending, the purchase of new machinerywith embodied technological change, economies of scale, and information sharing with client and suppliers to productivity(total sales per employee) in German and Italian firms in 20 manufacturing industries. The regression analysis confirms theresults of previous studies that R & D and technological change embodied in new machinery and capital equipment aremajor factors affecting productivity at the firm level. However, the elasticity of productivity to both R & D and embodiedtechnological change is higher in Germany than in Italy. Conversely, information sharing with clients and suppliersrelated to innovation projects does not result in higher productivity, with the exception of a few industries (inparticular those producing traditional consumer goods) in Germany. |
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Keywords: | Germany innovation Italy productivity R & D |
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