their inward looking or exploitationʺ attitude in R&D and innovation. We argue that because of sunk costs and learning … size. We find that the US States populated by larger firms show a higher share of patent self-citations normalized by their … exhibits a significant effect on patent self-citations normalized by patent shares. This supports our point that the inward …

example in which more rational agents systematically perform worse than less rational ones. -- Innovation ; Endogenous Growth …

As innovation becomes an ever more central issue for the development of firms and world economies, so the need for … capturing relevant aspects of innovation phenomena and the process of industrial change. We propose trademarks as a … complementary indicator in the portfolio of available empirical tools of innovation studies and industrial dynamics. Our empirical …

interpretative achievements stemming from e.g. the economics of innovation, industrial economics, epistemilogy of knowledge, economic … dynamic coupling between technological learning, forms of corporate organization and economic evolution. -- Innovation …