This paper examines empirically the relationship between innovation and market structure within a simultaneous … concentration. In contrast, competition enforces innovation, i.e. sales concentration has a negative impact on R&D. …

. A sound innovation capacity, especially knowledge, creativity, market and management skills let them become bridges for …During the last 20 years, R&D and innovation activities in the service sector have clearly increased. Especially … information and communication technologies, knowledge-intensive business service firms increasingly play the role of "converters …

as reduced remuneration and job loss. However, managers might over-invest into innovation for reasons of growth implying … their own interests. When entrenched, managers do not fear detrimental effects of risky innovation projects on their career …, and hence tend to over-invest into innovation. …

-level support for the notion that labor mobility stimulates overall innovation of a country or region due to knowledge transfer. …