-doing and organizational forgetting in R&D on firms' incentives to innovate. I develop a dynamic step by step innovation model … with history dependency. Firms can accumulate knowledge by investing in R&D. As a benchmark I show that without knowledge … experience by performing R&D the resulting effect of knowledge induces technological leaders to rest on their laurels which …

We study the contribution of foreign science and engineering talent to the creation of new knowledge in the U … domestic graduate students are central inputs into knowledge creation, and the marginal foreign student contributes more to the …-quality foreign students is most costly for U.S. innovation. Increased diversity appears to be the primary mechanism by which foreign …

We investigate whether inward FDI, either at the firm or industry level, has any impact on product innovation by … that export, invest in human capital or R&D, or have prior innovation experience. We also find that SOEs with internal R …

, innovation and economic growth. We provide empirical evidence that the reforms carried out under the EU Single Market Programme … with a subsequent increase in innovation intensity and productivity growth for manufacturing sectors. In our analysis we … reforms on average profitability, and the effects of profitability on innovation and productivity growth. …

that influence innovation by firms and their subsequent growth. Our data come from a survey of nearly 4,000 firms in 24 … and opportunities for innovation, virtually every firm that emerged from central planning was maladapted to the new … competition in market economies. We find evidence of the importance of a minimum of rivalry in both innovation and growth: the …

By choosing their organizations, firms trade-off productive efficiency and time spent in implementing innovation. We …