innovation output as measured by patent applications. We first estimate a long-run cointegration relation using recently … analyse the impulse response of new ideas to a shock to R&D or to a shock to innovation by estimating an error correction … mechanism. We find that internationally generated ideas have a very significant impact in helping innovation in a country. As a …

This Paper examines the effect of price competition on innovation, market structure and profitability in R …&D-intensive industries. The theoretical predictions are tested using UK data on the evolution of competition, concentration, innovation …

that venture capital investments stimulate innovation ('VC-first hypothesis'). This interpretation is, however, one …-sided because there may be a reverse causality that innovations induce venture capital investments ('innovation-first hypothesis … causality issue of venture capital investments and innovation in the US manufacturing industry using both total factor …

technical and a pecuniary externality resulting from the innovation process may generate multiple equilibria. Redistribution may …

This Paper examines how different unionization structures affect firms' innovation incentives and industry employment …: ‘decentralization’ carries higher investment incentives than ‘coordination’. Labour market policy can spur innovation by decentralizing …

Successful innovation depends on the development and integration of new knowledge in the innovation process. In order … to innovate successfully, the firm will combine different innovation activities. In addition to doing own research and … innovation activities. Using data from the Community Innovation Survey on Belgian manufacturing firms, we show that firms that …

firm's incentives for R&D. These changes influence the probability of innovation through two effects: changes in total R … shift from the rival firm to the dominant firm is a good thing as it decreases the likelihood of duplicate innovation (we … rights are strong. That is, firm dominance is good for innovation when (but only when) property rights are strong. We also …

innovation activities. The selection of high-skill managers is more important for innovation activities. As the economy … investments, but little selection. Closer to the world technology frontier, there is a switch to an innovation-based strategy with …