This Paper examines the effect of price competition on innovation, market structure and profitability in R …&D-intensive industries. The theoretical predictions are tested using UK data on the evolution of competition, concentration, innovation …

environment that allows ideas to cross firm boundaries enhances the rate of innovation and creates a symbiotic relationship …

firm's incentives for R&D. These changes influence the probability of innovation through two effects: changes in total R … shift from the rival firm to the dominant firm is a good thing as it decreases the likelihood of duplicate innovation (we … rights are strong. That is, firm dominance is good for innovation when (but only when) property rights are strong. We also …

paper, we analyze a two-stage innovation game between one incumbent and a large number of entrants. In the first stage … innovation. In the second stage, successful entrants bid to be acquired by the incumbent. We assume that entrants cannot survive …&D approaches than the incumbent and are more likely to generate the highest value innovation. Thus, the need of entrants to be …

entrepreneurs’ choice of riskiness (quality) of an innovation project, and on their mode of commercializing the innovation (market …

may even reduce welfare. The reason is that it crowds our proprietary innovation, which on net may reduce total innovation …

Markets for technology can promote innovation by allowing for division of labor in research and development. Some firms …