We show the effects of the bargaining power of labour unions on product innovation under decentralised and centralised … union bargaining power increases innovation if bargaining is decentralised, the market expansion effect is weak and the cost … of innovation is moderate but low. Otherwise, a higher union bargaining power reduces innovation. Hence, whether a higher …

This paper introduces dynamics in the R&D to innovation and innovation to productivity relationships, which have mostly … individual effects and idiosyncratic errors correlated across equations and that differ in the way innovation enters the … Community Innovation Survey. The results provide evidence of robust unidirectional causality from innovation to productivity and …

workers contribute positively. We propose a theoretical model, highlighting the relationship between demographics, innovation …