also focuses on the extremely important relationships between higher education, research and development, innovation …

This note provides a medium-term agenda for supporting Mexico's competitiveness by fostering greater innovation …. Globalization and the dynamism of economies that compete with Mexico, particularly those in East Asia, bring a renewed urgency to … Mexico's innovation policy agenda. While the firm is at the center of innovation, empirical evidence shows that public policy …

find that competition has a negative effect on innovation, especially for firms further from the efficiency frontier, and … we do not find support for an inverted U effect of competition on innovation. The authors show that the supply chain of … competition and innovation, or that they are more sensitive to foreign presence. "--World Bank web site …

competitive, knowledge based economy, and for involving Russia in the development process. A broad range of innovation policies … innovation. Regional innovation systems are constantly evolving and government must be flexible enough to support learning and … interactions between innovation stakeholders and the ability of firms to find their competitive advantages in global markets. …

"Under the traditional "competition-fragility" view, more bank competition erodes market power, decreases profit … margins, and results in reduced franchise value that encourages bank risk taking. Under the alternative "competition … suggest that - consistent with the traditional "competition-fragility" view - banks with a greater degree of market power also …

"The author studies annuity rates in Chile and relates them with industry competition. He finds (1) that annuity … practice of cash rebates, increased competition by way of annuity rates, and raised the long-run elasticity to one. "--World …