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Innovation Capabilities and Returns to Scale

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Carine Peeters () (Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Business School, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels)
Bruno Van Pottelsberghe () (Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Business School, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels)

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Abstract

Specific innovation capabilities enable large firms to depart from constant returns to scale and benefit from significant economies of scale. These capabilities improve the quality of the labor force organization and therefore positively impact labor productivity.

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Paper provided by Université Libre de Bruxelles, Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Centre Emile Bernheim (CEB) in its series Working Papers CEB with number 05-002.RS.

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Keywords: Innovation; firm capabilities; labor productivity; returns to scale.;

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O32 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Technological Change - - - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D
O33 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Technological Change - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
L25 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Firm Performance
M21 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting - - Business Economics - - - Business Economics

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  1. Hall, Bronwyn H. & Mairesse, Jacques, 1995. "Exploring the relationship between R&D and productivity in French manufacturing firms," Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier, vol. 65(1), pages 263-293, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  2. Carine Peeters & Bruno Van Pottelsberghe, 2003. "Organizational Competencies and Innovation Performances: The Case of Large Firms in Belgium," Working Papers CEB 04-006.RS, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Centre Emile Bernheim (CEB). [Downloadable!]
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  3. Paul Geroski & Steve Machin & John Van Reenen, 1993. "The Profitability of Innovating Firms," RAND Journal of Economics, The RAND Corporation, vol. 24(2), pages 198-211, Summer. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  4. Carine Peeters & Bruno Van Pottelsberghe, 2003. "Measuring Innovation Competencies and Performances: A Survey of Large Firms in Belgium," Working Papers CEB 04-005.RS, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Centre Emile Bernheim (CEB). [Downloadable!]
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  5. Baldwin, John R. & Johnson, Joanne, 1996. "Business strategies in more- and less-innovative firms in Canada," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 25(5), pages 785-804, August. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  6. Loof, Hans & Heshmati, Almas, 2002. "Knowledge capital and performance heterogeneity: : A firm-level innovation study," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 76(1), pages 61-85, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  1. Carine Peeters & Bruno Van Pottelsberghe, 2004. "Innovation Capabilities and Firm Labor Productivity," Working Papers CEB 04-030.RS, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Centre Emile Bernheim (CEB). [Downloadable!]
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