ICT and R&amp;D as inputs or efficiency determinants? Analysing Italian manufacturing firms (2007–2009)

Bonanno, Graziella

doi:10.1007/s40821-015-0035-z

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“…Internal R&D is a key innovation input that is fundamental in explaining technical efficiency arising from the development of new technologies at the firm-level (Baumann and Kritikos, 2016;Bonanno, 2016;Guan and Yam, 2015). Nevertheless, internal R&D has been found to have ambiguous effects on technical efficiency.…”

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Innovation inputs and efficiency: manufacturing firms in Sub-Saharan Africa

Barasa

Vermeulen

Knoben

et al. 2019

EJIM

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Purpose-Countries in Africa have a common goal policy of industrialisation that is expected to be driven by investing in innovation that yields efficiency. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the technical efficiency effects arising from innovation inputs including internal R&D, human capital development (HCD), and foreign technology adoption in manufacturing firms in Africa. Design/methodology/approach-This study uses cross-sectional firm-level survey data from the 2013 World Bank Enterprise Survey and the linked 2013 Innovation Follow-up Survey. A heteroscedastic half-normal stochastic frontier is used for analysing the technical efficiency effects of innovation inputs of 418 firms. Findings-This study reveals that internal R&D, and foreign technology have negative effects on technical efficiency. Notwithstanding, the combination of foreign technology and internal R&D, and foreign technology and HCD reinforce each other's effects on technical efficiency. Practical implications-This study provides evidence that whereas individual innovation inputs may not yield positive efficiency outcomes, the combination of absorptive capacity enhancing inputs comprising internal R&D and HCD with foreign technology is vital for enhancing technical efficiency in manufacturing firms in Africa. This study offers important lessons for managers in manufacturing firms in Africa. Originality/value-This study is virtually the first to investigate the relationship between innovation inputs and efficiency in Africa. This study demonstrates that investing in foreign technology in isolation from absorptive capacity enhancing innovation inputs diminishes efficiency. HCD and internal R&D are imperative for building absorptive capacity that enhances efficiency outcomes arising from foreign technology.

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Section: Internal Randd and Technical Efficiencymentioning

confidence: 99%

Innovation inputs and efficiency: manufacturing firms in Sub-Saharan Africa

Barasa

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Knoben

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“…In most research, R&D expenditures are a measure of innovation inputs and patents are a measure of outputs (Fai and von Tunzelmann 2001;Bonanno 2016;Vivarelli 2014Vivarelli , 2015. Although Kromann et al (2011) argue that the best variable reflecting technological changes in the economy is R&D expenditures, the patents, as Kortum (1997) suggests, is the main technological variable reflecting the important aspects of the technological process and, presumably, "correlating with the immeasurable dimensions of technological change."…”

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Do Technological Innovations Affect Unemployment? Some Empirical Evidence from European Countries

2017

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This paper analyses theoretical and empirical scientific literature about the impact of technological innovations on unemployment, considering the former as a key driver of long-term productivity and economic growth. Using panel data from 25 European countries for the period of 2000-2012, we aim to examine whether technological innovations affect unemployment. We used triadic patent families per million inhabitants as our main proxy for technological innovations, as well as other unemployment controls, in our model, which were estimated using System Generalized Method of Moments (SGMM). Finding no significant relationship between technological innovations and unemployment in our base estimation, we re-estimated it testing the impact with a time lag as well as using alternative proxies for technological innovations. Overall, the research estimations do not suggest that technological innovations have an effect on unemployment.

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“…(In the US, Frey and Osborne [5] predict that almost half of the occupational categories are at risk of being automated. In Italy, for a recent assessment of the impact of ICT on the Italian economy, see Bonanno [6].). In addition, the slow recovery after the recent financial and economic crisis seems characterized by a worrisome jobless nature.…”

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Is Innovation Destroying Jobs? Firm-Level Evidence from the EU

Piva

Vivarelli

2018

Sustainability

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Using a unique firm-level database comprising the top European R&D investors over the period 2002-2013 and running LSDVC estimates, this study finds a significant labor-friendly impact of R&D expenditures. However, this positive employment effect appears limited in magnitude and entirely due to the medium-and high-tech sectors, while no effect can be detected in the low-tech industries. From a policy point of view, this outcome supports the EU2020 strategy but-taking into account that most European economies are specialized in low-tech activities-is also worrying in terms of future perspectives of the European labor market.

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ICT and R&D as inputs or efficiency determinants? Analysing Italian manufacturing firms (2007–2009)

Cited by 22 publications

References 43 publications

Innovation inputs and efficiency: manufacturing firms in Sub-Saharan Africa

Innovation inputs and efficiency: manufacturing firms in Sub-Saharan Africa

Do Technological Innovations Affect Unemployment? Some Empirical Evidence from European Countries

Is Innovation Destroying Jobs? Firm-Level Evidence from the EU

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