This paper investigates the connection between resource abundance and innovation, as a transmission mechanism that can …, consumers trade off leisure versus consumption, and firms trade off innovation efforts versus manufacturing. For this model, we … indirectly by inducing a smaller proportion of the labor force to engage in innovation. …

negative relationship between the concentration of innovation portfolios and performance: countries that are the most …

This paper compares and contrasts Tokyo's innovation structure with the industrial districts model and the … system of innovation, and the historical genesis of Tokyo in Japan's political economy. The paper finds that the Tokyo model … of innovation will continue to evolve with the changing external environment, but fundamentally retains its main …

The author provides a conceptual framework for approaching the promotion of technological innovation and its diffusion … in developing countries. Innovation climates in developing countries are, by nature, problematic, characterized by poor … the promotion of innovation. The latter should be understood as the diffusion of technologies-and related practices …

It is so widely recognized that innovation is a key driver of economic growth that it is cliché to say so. This article … studies product innovation by firms with data from 68 countries, covering more than 25,000 firms in eight manufacturing … sectors. The author assesses the predictions of inter-disciplinary research on innovation by firms. The econometric evidence …

A model of firm innovation illustrates the effects of the threat of imitation and product varieties on a representative … innovation in developing countries? (2) Do trade policies and the national investment climate affect firms ' propensity for … product innovation? The econometric evidence suggests that the answers are yes and yes, but the investment climate affects …