time. Otherwise, it will gradually reduce its innovation effort over time and ultimately terminate production. Productivity …

By choosing their organizations, firms trade-off productive efficiency and time spent in implementing innovation. We …

This paper investigates the impact of innovation on employment using a panel of UK manufacturing firms and a headcount … bargaining models. It also argues that the innovation effect can be used to distinguish between shirking models and union … bargains. Innovation is found to have positive effect on company employment raising it by 9--12% in the short run and up to 40 …

innovation to the financiers through patenting and prototyping activities, right in the early stages of the venture. We build a …

favourable for innovation incentives. This is consistent with empirical evidence, suggesting that countries with a more equal …

This Paper develops a framework for testing discrete complementarities in innovation policy using European data on … obstacles to innovation. We propose a discrete test of supermodularity in innovation policy leading to a number of inequality … constraints. We apply our test to two types of innovation decisions: to innovate or not, and if so, by how much. We find that …