perceived complementarity between these innovation activities. An important finding is that a capacity to strategically protect …Successful innovation depends on the development and integration of new knowledge in the innovation process. In order … to innovate successfully, the firm will combine different innovation activities. In addition to doing own research and …

research grants than for development grants. We also find cross-scheme effects that may arise due to complementarity between …

This Paper develops a framework for testing discrete complementarities in innovation policy using European data on … obstacles to innovation. We propose a discrete test of supermodularity in innovation policy leading to a number of inequality … constraints. We apply our test to two types of innovation decisions: to innovate or not, and if so, by how much. We find that …

outsourcing, profits and innovation using plant level data. We find a positive effect of international outsourcing of services on … activities towards innovation. We also find that international services outsourcing has a positive effect on profitability, as …

firm's incentives for R&D. These changes influence the probability of innovation through two effects: changes in total R …We provide a simple framework to analyse the effect of firm dominance on incentives for R&D. An increase in firm … dominance, which we measure by a premium in consumer valuation, increases the dominant firm's incentives and decreases the rival …

potential suppliers generate and sell the most suitable innovation. Moreover, procurement by public agencies and large firms … often set the incentives for the development of innovations economy-wide. In this paper, guided by recent micro- and macro … the degree of competition between suppliers, as well as other more practical indirect ways to stimulate innovation. We …

This paper develops a model to analyse the implications of firing costs on incentives for R&D and international …