Abstract
This paper examines how foreign-owned and domestically owned firms transform innovation into employment growth. The empirical analysis based on the model of Harrison, Jaumandreu, Mairesse and Peters (2008) reveals important differences between the two groups: foreign-owned firms experience higher employment losses due to general productivity increases than domestically owned firms. These reductions, however, are overcompensated by the employment-creating effects of higher sales from old products and by employment creation by product innovation. Together, all three effects result in net employment growth in foreign-owned firms.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | http://ftp.zew.de/pub/zew-docs/veranstaltungen/innovationpatenting2011/papers/Dachs.pdf |
| Publication status | Published - 2011 |
| Event | 4th ZEW Conference on Economics of Innovation and Patenting & Final Conference COST Network STRIKE - Duration: 19 May 2011 → 20 May 2011 |
Conference
| Conference | 4th ZEW Conference on Economics of Innovation and Patenting & Final Conference COST Network STRIKE |
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| Period | 19/05/11 → 20/05/11 |
Research Field
- Former Research Field - Innovation Systems and Policy
Keywords
- employment
- foreign-owned firms
- innovation
- Community Innovation Survey
- host country effects
