intricate reverse engineering are. Unlike similar step-by-step innovation models of economic growth, the model assumes Cournot …

and it assesses the interplay between innovation, human capital, climate change, and education policies. Results indicate …

We investigate the role of workers’ and managerial experience as a determinant of firm innovation and productivity in a … innovation and productivity. The effect of managerial experience measured by age on firm performance depends instead on the type … of firm: high age of managers and board members is bad for innovation and productivity growth, while costs and benefits …

We analyze the relationship between legal institutions, innovation and growth. We compare a rigid (law set ex … welfare, amount of innovation and output growth at intermediate stages of technological development - periods when legal …

In many countries entrepreneurship is promoted through tax reductions for small businesses and by various government …-return characteristics of the selected innovation project and the mode of commercialization chosen by entrepreneurs (market entry versus sale …

We empirically investigate whether the persistence of politicians in political institutions affects the innovation …’ innovation activity. However, once the causal effect is isolated by means of instrumental variables, using death of politicians … persistence and the probability of process innovation. This finding is consistent with the view that political stability may …

Longitudinal, disease-level data are used to analyze the impact of pharmaceutical innovation on longevity (mean age at … pharmaceutical innovation increased mean age at death by 0.87 years (10.4 months)-—about 44% of the total increase in longevity … pharmaceutical innovation. The baseline estimate of the cost per life-year gained from pharmaceutical innovation in Greece is $17 …

interaction among firm-level internationalization, innovation and productivity across seven European countries (Austria, France …-level characteristics across countries and sectors. We also find that the positive correlation between internationalization and innovation … internationalization goes beyond export and because, in the medium to long term, internationalization is likely driven by innovation. We …

This article analyses the geography of innovation in China and India. Using a tailor-made panel database for regions in … between the provinces and states within both countries are quite different. In China, the concentration of innovation is … contrast, innovation is much more dependent on a combination of good local socioeconomic structures and investment in science …

Ethnic inventors play important roles in US innovation systems, especially in high-tech regions like Silicon Valley. Do … ‘ethnicity-innovation’ channels exist elsewhere? This paper investigates, using a new panel of UK patents microdata. In theory …, ethnicity might affect positively innovation via ‘star’ migrants, network externalities from co-ethnic groups, or production …