that the connection between overconfidence and innovation is more complex than the previous literature suggests. In … innovative activity. While overoptimism leads to an innovation enhancing effect, judgmental overconfidence inhibits innovation …. Our results indicate that future research is well advised to take into account that the relationship between innovation …

We develop a theory of innovation for entry and sale into oligopoly, and show that inventions of higher quality are …

This paper discusses how to improve Canada’s business innovation in order to boost labour productivity and output … growth. Many general framework conditions are highly favourable to business risk-taking and innovation, including macro … should be on boosting manager and worker skills that are intrinsic to all forms of innovation, by filling gaps in training …

investment, Ireland scores high in international innovation scoreboards. Overall, policies to boost innovation and … entrepreneurship are on the right track, but investment in knowledge-based capital could be made a more dynamic source of growth and … jobs. While Ireland has made good progress towards building up its scientific capabilities, innovation capacity remains …

The US innovation system has many strengths, including world class research universities and firms that thrive in … innovation-intensive sectors. However, fissures have begun to appear, notably in the areas of human capital development, the … curtailed by budget cuts. Revitalizing the dynamism of innovation has become a priority for US policymakers. To this end, it is …

Entrepreneurship is an important driver of economic growth, job creation and competitiveness. However, the small and … medium-sized enterprises (SME) sector has been severely affected by the crisis, with access to bank finance being … alternatives to bank lending options for SME finance is important but will take time. Restructuring banks’ balance sheets is …

Immigrants are widely perceived as being highly entrepreneurial and important for economic growth and innovation. This … attempt to attract immigrant entrepreneurs. Not surprisingly, a large body of research on immigrant entrepreneurship has … fundamental immigrant entrepreneurship issues as well as the empirical methods and data used. The main themes we address are …

We study innovation contests with asymmetric information and identical contestants, where contestants’ efforts and … highest quality and receives the revenue generated by the innovation. We characterize the equilibrium behavior, outcomes and …