IZA DP No. 3132 Discrete Innovation, Continuous Improvement, and Competitive Pressure Arghya Ghosh Takao Kato Hodaka … Discrete Innovation, Continuous Improvement, and Competitive Pressure Arghya Ghosh University of New South Wales …. IZA Discussion Paper No. 3132 October 2007 ABSTRACT Discrete Innovation, Continuous Improvement, and …

Innovation is key to technology adoption and creation, and to explaining the vast differences in productivity across … and within countries. Despite the central role of the entrepreneur in the innovation process, data limitations have … restricted standard analysis of the determinants of innovation to consideration of the role of firm characteristics. We develop a …