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Innovation and Economic Performance in Services: A Firm-level Analysis
This paper explores the two-way relationship between innovation and economic performance in services using a longitudinal firm-level dataset. The results presented show that innovation is positively affected by past economic performance and that innovation activities (especially investments in ICTs) have a positive impact on both growth and productivity.
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http://ssrn.com/abstract=904508