We study the global innovation and diffusion of ideas by introducing trade into the model in Eaton and Kortum (1999 … intensity of innovation within countries over time and diffusion rates across countries. We find significant specialization … across the globe: some countries have high innovation rates, while other countries rely on diffusion. Although innovation is …

We study the impact of techies--engineers and other technically trained workers--on firm-level productivity. We first …-skill intensive and are associated with innovation, as well as with technology adoption, management, and diffusion within firms. Using … structural econometric methods, we estimate the causal effect of techies on firm-level Hicks-neutral productivity in both …

its export tax to another country if a) higher productivity in that country is good for the Home, and b) more exports to … of innovation and diffusion is one in which new ideas are combined with insights from others. Trade thus affects …

This paper studies the cross-country patterns of risky innovation and growth through the lens of international trade …

-product firms live forever, and the large firms invest in innovation in order to enlarge their product spans. All firms export. I …. As a result, aggregate sectoral innovation may rise or decline, depending on the productivity distribution of the …Empirical studies have found that enhanced foreign competition can encourage or discourage innovation. To address this …

This article adopts a marketing perspective to examine how blockchain technology can facilitate innovation by …

entrant or incumbent firm. If the inventor works for the entrant the innovation is implemented and the entrant displaces the …

Understanding factors affecting the direction of innovation is a central aim of research in the economics of innovation … several contexts for research in innovation. We benchmark and demonstrate the benefits of this approach in the context of 44 …