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Do labour markets and educational and training systems matter for innovation outcomes? A multi-level analysis for the EU-27

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Much of Lundvall's recent work has focused on the notion of the ‘learning economy’ and in a series of recent publications he has argued that there are systemic relations between national labour market and education and training systems on the one hand, and processes of competence-building and innovation at the enterprise level on the other. Building on the insights of this research, this paper used aggregate data available on Eurostat's electronic database and enterprise-level data from the 2007 Innobarometer Survey to estimate a multi-level logistic model examining simultaneously the impact of enterprise- and national-level variables on the likelihood of an enterprise innovating. The results show that innovative performance is supported by national systems of ‘flexicurity’ which combine flexibility on the labour market with the generous provision of unemployment protection including the use of active labour-market policies and well-developed systems of life-long learning. Copyright , Beech Tree Publishing.

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  • Edward Lorenz, 2011. "Do labour markets and educational and training systems matter for innovation outcomes? A multi-level analysis for the EU-27," Science and Public Policy, Oxford University Press, vol. 38(9), pages 691-702, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:scippl:v:38:y:2011:i:9:p:691-702
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    1. Nam Hoang Vu & Tram Bao Hoang & Duong Tung Bui & Quan Hong Nguyen, 2024. "Integration into global value chains and firm innovation: does local business environment matter?," Economia e Politica Industriale: Journal of Industrial and Business Economics, Springer;Associazione Amici di Economia e Politica Industriale, vol. 51(4), pages 725-791, December.
    2. Teemu Makkonen & Timo Mitze, 2019. "Deconstructing the Education-Innovation-Development Nexus in the EU-28 Using Panel Causality and Poolability Tests," Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer;Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), vol. 10(2), pages 516-549, June.
    3. Jana Schmutzler & Edward Lorenz, 2018. "Tolerance, agglomeration, and enterprise innovation performance: a multilevel analysis of Latin American regions," Industrial and Corporate Change, Oxford University Press and the Associazione ICC, vol. 27(2), pages 243-268.
    4. Uschi Backes-Gellner & Marlies Kluike & Kerstin Pull & Martin R. Schneider & Silvia Teuber, 2016. "Human resource management and radical innovation: a fuzzy-set QCA of US multinationals in Germany, Switzerland, and the UK," Journal of Business Economics, Springer, vol. 86(7), pages 751-772, October.

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