suppliers of multinationals that are pressured by their customers to reduce production costs or develop new products have higher …

into account firm heterogeneity. We find support for the prediction that competition has a negative effect on innovation … are important channels for domestic firm innovation. We do not find support for the inverted U effect of competition on … innovation. There is partial support for the hypothesis that firms in a more pro-business environment invest more in innovation …

- using different taxonomies put forward by the innovation literature - the concrete ways through which an emerging country … where domestic innovation has to be complemented by the role played by international technology transfer. In the second part …

compared to those competing on costs. Regarding firm performance, the interaction between a developmental appraisal system and … innovation with administrative performance appraisal also enjoy higher performance. Finally, when the firm competes on the basis …

introduction of labor turnover costs (such as hiring and firing costs). Assuming that it is costly to hire and fire workers implies … and firing costs …

amenities. The model assumes that the costs of relocating to a new city are zero. The results hold in the presence of moving … costs for the marginal migrant. This paper extends the Roback model to allow for moving costs which vary among a city …

are more talented than European and American players, there is evidence that they face lower training costs …