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Investments in R&D and innovative behavior: an exploratory cross-country study

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  • Albert N. Link

    (University of North Carolina at Greensboro)

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The relationship between investments in research and development (R&D) and innovative behavior, measured in terms of new products or services being delivered to the market, is well documented in the literature. This paper departs from the extant literature in that the unit of observation is a country rather than a firm. Using World Bank aggregate data, this level of analysis thus allows for a systematic study of cross-country observations on an R&D ➔ Innovation relationship.

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  • Albert N. Link, 2021. "Investments in R&D and innovative behavior: an exploratory cross-country study," International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Springer, vol. 17(2), pages 731-739, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:intemj:v:17:y:2021:i:2:d:10.1007_s11365-020-00703-9
    DOI: 10.1007/s11365-020-00703-9
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    1. Albert N. Link & John T. Scott, 2013. "Governments as entrepreneur: Evaluating the commercialization success of SBIR projects," Chapters, in: Public Support of Innovation in Entrepreneurial Firms, chapter 2, pages 25-38, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    2. Albert N. Link & John T. Scott, 2013. "Private Investor Participation and Commercialization Rates for Government-sponsored Research and Development: Would a Prediction Market Improve the Performance of the SBIR Programme?," Chapters, in: Public Support of Innovation in Entrepreneurial Firms, chapter 11, pages 157-174, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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    4. Gicheva, Dora & Link, Albert N., 2016. "On the economic performance of nascent entrepreneurs," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 86(C), pages 109-117.
    5. Albert N. Link & Cody A. Morris & Martijn Hasselt, 2021. "The impact of the third sector of R&D on the innovative performance of entrepreneurial firms," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 57(3), pages 1413-1418, October.
    6. Barasa, Laura & Knoben, Joris & Vermeulen, Patrick & Kimuyu, Peter & Kinyanjui, Bethuel, 2017. "Institutions, resources and innovation in East Africa: A firm level approach," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 46(1), pages 280-291.
    7. Steven Bednar & Dora Gicheva & Albert N. Link, 2021. "Innovative activity and gender dynamics," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 56(4), pages 1591-1599, April.
    8. Rajeev K. Goel & Michael A. Nelson, 2018. "Determinants of process innovation introductions: Evidence from 115 developing countries," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 39(5), pages 515-525, July.
    9. Albert N. Link & Christopher J. Ruhm, 2013. "Bringing science to market:commercializing from NIH SBIR awards," Chapters, in: Public Support of Innovation in Entrepreneurial Firms, chapter 1, pages 3-24, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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    13. Goel, Rajeev K, 1990. "The Substitutability of Capital, Labor, and R&D in U.S. Manufacturing," Bulletin of Economic Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 42(3), pages 211-227, July.
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    Keywords

    R&d; Innovation; Developed economy; Transition economy; Developing economy;
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    JEL classification:

    • O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
    • O32 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D
    • O57 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Comparative Studies of Countries

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