Innovation Surveys (CIS) for French industry, during 1992–2004. Our main findings are that innovative firms grow more than non …-innovative ones. The estimation techniques give results that are quite robust to the effects of different types of innovation on firm … growth. In particular, the quantile regression results show that the coefficient of innovation is higher for firms with the …

This paper contributes the analysis of the persistence of innovation activities, as measured by different innovation …&D investments in innovation persistence and analyses differentiated patterns of persistence across product and process innovation … of innovation persistence. The highest level of persistence is found for R&D-based innovation activities, witnessing the …

returns by technology and cumulative patent value. While the returns earned by most patents dissipate rapidly, high valued … patents tend to receive significant returns through the latter part of the patent term. These high valued patents which … selectively renew the subset of high valued patents. …

Empirical research has revealed some regularities regarding the innovation that takes place over the industry life …-cycle. First, innovation is high when an industry is young and low when the industry matures, and second, product innovation … decreases with industry maturity, while process innovation increases. The implications of these regularities are profound, but …

performance relationship.We find that an increase in the degree of product diversification has a negative impact on profitability …

This paper investigates the innovation effects of science-related technological opportunities. Against the background … of theoretical Considerations about the interrelation of innovation process and adaptation of external (knowledge …) resources, the impacts of technological opportunities stemming from scientific institutions on firms' innovation input and …

private economic value of patents. The estimated mean of our patent value distribution is higher than 3 million Euros, the …

Patent holders may choose to protect innovations with single patents or to develop portfolios of multiple, related … number of related patents or investing in higher value of patents in the portfolio. We estimate the derived value equation … of inventions in a portfolio may reflect both genuine creation of value or stronger appropriability via patents. …

the most efficient innovation processes. We combine a traditional nonparametric frontier approach with super …

in industries where technological and organizational innovation is important. Indeed a large literature has grown up on … ways they evolve over time. Another domain concerns the nature of competition in such industries, wherein innovation and … briefly flag some fundamental aspects of economic growth and development as an innovation-driven evolutionary process. …