nep-tid New Economics Papers
on Technology and Industrial Dynamics
Issue of 2007‒10‒20
two papers chosen by
Rui Baptista
Technical University of Lisbon
  1. An ecological theory of population-level organizational diversity By Boone Ch.; Wezel F.C.; Van Witteloostuijn A.
  2. Education and growth: an industry-level analysis of the Portuguese manufacturing By Marta Simões; Adelaide Duarte
  1. By: Boone Ch.; Wezel F.C.; Van Witteloostuijn A.
    Abstract: The question as to the evolution of population-level organizational diversity is at the heart of macro-level organizational sociology. However, the number of studies that direct this question explicitly is very limited, particularly in the empirical arena. We suggest a diversity-dependence theory that maps the macro-level evolution of organizational diversity with the micro-level events of entry and exit. We develop hypotheses as to the decision where to locate in product space by new entrants, as well as the likelihood of exit by incumbent firms given their location in product space. The key argument is that the micro-level entrants’ location decision and incumbents’ exit likelihood are both conditional upon macro-level organizational diversity, and that these events affect the evolution of population-level organizational diversity. Our hypotheses are tested in the British motorcycle industry in the 1895-1993 period, where we find support for our theory.
    Date: 2006–10
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ant:wpaper:2007003&r=tid
  2. By: Marta Simões (GEMF and Faculdade de Economia, Universidade de Coimbra); Adelaide Duarte (GEMF and Faculdade de Economia, Universidade de Coimbra)
    Abstract: TThis paper investigates the education–growth link at the more disaggregate industry level in the Portuguese manufacturing sector with a focus on different levels of education. The insights from new growth theory and a modified and augmented version of the Benhabib and Spiegel (1994) specification are the basis for the empirical analysis of the role of education in innovation and imitation activities highlighting a role for specific schooling levels across industries according to their technological characteristics and its interaction with international trade. We use data for the period 1986–1997, fourteen Portuguese manufacturing industries and panel data econometric techniques. Our most robust finding concerns the relevance of technology spillovers embodied in imports for productivity growth, as long as manufacturing industries employ workers with skills provided by secondary education. The Portuguese manufacturing industry cannot rely on automatic technological catch up for productivity growth so active trade and education policies are crucial to recover from the present bottom position in the rank of OECD productivity levels.
    Keywords: education, innovation, technology diffusion, productivity growth, panel data
    JEL: C23 I20 O30 O33
    Date: 2007
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:gmf:wpaper:2007-03&r=tid
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