article studies product innovation by firms with data from 68 countries, covering more than 25,000 firms in eight … contrast, domestic regulatory impediments to competition are not robustly correlated with product innovation. "--World Bank web …"It is so widely recognized that innovation is a key driver of economic growth that it is cliche to say so. This …

"Innovation is key to technology adoption and creation, and to explaining the vast differences in productivity across … and within countries. Despite the central role of the entrepreneur in the innovation process, data limitations have … restricted standard analysis of the determinants of innovation to consideration of the role of firm characteristics. The authors …

small firms. Measures to boost the productivity of micro and small firms in general will both help overall economic growth …

low productivity, low growth, and low quality of jobs.This book presents fresh ualitative and quantitative analyses to …

low productivity, low growth, and low quality of jobs. This study presents fresh qualitative and quantitative analyses to … productivity of micro and small firms in general will help overall economic growth, employment, and formalization. …

industries, and an emphasis on innovation all contribute to the dynamism of a major metropolitan region. This paper--a product of …"Fujita and Hill compare and contrast Tokyo's innovation structure with the industrial districts model and the … creation, integral and co-location systems of corporate research and development and new product development, test markets …

when competition is treated as endogenous to innovation. This paper--a product of the Growth and Investment Team … not feel pressure (Carlin and others 2001; World Bank 2004). However, competition also appears to affect innovation in … of competition and, consequently, assesses their net impact on innovation. He finds that reducing tariffs and enacting …

(Promoting Local Innovation). The Ethiopian program set up multi-stakeholder teams in different agro climatic zones. The paper …

Local innovation refers to the dynamics of IK - the knowledge that grows within a social group, incorporating learning … of thinking and doing. Local innovation is the process through which individuals or groups discover or develop new and …