. This article dedicated to this question through the analysis of the first innovation survey of Tunisian firms. We analyze … the relationship between the export behaviour and the innovation propensity of the firms as it can be qualified using … innovation survey in Tunisia. Our results show that firms that address both the domestic and foreign demands (partial- exporters …

competition on R&D to the cost of innovation. The effect of competition on R&D is an inverted U-shape. However, the shape is … flatter and competition policy is therefore less relevant for innovation when innovations are relatively costly. Intuitively …, if innovations are costly for a firm, competitive shocks have to be significant to alter its innovation decisions …

This article is dedicated to the analysis of the first innovation survey of the Tunisian firms. Starting from basic … mechanisms of innovation processes, we test a set of conjectures adapted to a developing country like Tunisia. We analyze the … from external knowledge sources in order to exhibit significant innovation propensities. The large size is also a necessary …