's innovation and export activities, using unique firm survey data which provides direct measures for innovations and firm … export and innovation activities to become substitutes although they are generally natural complements …

The theory of endogenous technical change has deeply contributed to our understanding of the fundamental sources of … structure of endogenous growth models with horizontal as well as vertical innovation and emphasizing important implications for …

capital is positively influenced by the size of the R&D sector, sheds new light on innovation and growth as well as income …

can offer a broad analysis of product innovation dynamics in Europe which should be the basis for not only better supply … communication in relation to product innovation dynamics. Moreover, the approach provides new important arguments in favor of the … TTIP negotiations between the US and the EU and it suggests a broader analytical link between trade, FDI, innovation …

In this paper we study the effect of unions on product and process innovation both theoretically and empirically. We … innovation does not necessarily survive. When the voice effect is neither too strong nor too low, the unionized sector … outperforms the market in terms of process innovation, while the effect on product innovation is strictly increasing in the voice …

Does competitive pressure foster innovation? In addressing this important question, prior studies ignored a distinction … between discrete innovation aiming at entirely new technology and continuous improvement consisting of numerous incremental … innovation will lead to a much richer understanding of the interplay between firms' incentives to innovate and competitive …

This paper deals with the complex relationship between innovation and the labor market, analyzing the impact of new …