Does access to information and communication technologies (ICT) increase innovation? We examine this question by …

Using data from the U.S. automobile market, we empirically examine the link between competition and innovation … this an interesting market to examine the link between competition and innovation. We use firm-level time-series data over …. Consistent with a large literature, we use patent counts as a measure of innovation. The combination of the U.S. market …

This paper examines how product market competition affects firms' timing of adopting a new technology as well as … but also among markets with Cournot and Bertrand competition. More specifically, Cournot competition can lead to earlier … adoption than Bertrand competition. It shows also that competition toughness does not always reinforce adoption incentives …

the high-quality firm’s product than vice versa. The high-quality firm is better shielded from price competition, as its …

linked fields. Our analysis uses 1.8 million U.S. patents and their citation properties to map the innovation network and its … strength. Past innovation network structures are calculated using citation patterns across technology classes during 1975 … predictive power on future innovation after 1995. This pattern is consistent with the idea that when there is more past upstream …

Understanding the factors that may produce a sustained rate of innovation is important for promoting economic … development and growth. In this paper, we examine the role of human capital in firms’ innovation by using a large sample of … small and medium sized cities. Patent applications are used as the measure of innovation. Human capital indicators used …