market economies. The primary focus of the study is on competition and market structure, finance and the structure of lending … interpretation of the evidence on competition is that there is an initial move by firms into niches to exploit local market power … sources of finance. The scale of restructuring and innovation activity is as high or higher in transition economies as in …

We investigate whether inward FDI, either at the firm or industry level, has any impact on product innovation by … that export, invest in human capital or R&D, or have prior innovation experience. We also find that SOEs with internal R …

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 … and are more likely to display the inverted U relationship between competition and innovation. …

innovation by combining the analysis of both micro and meso levels, i.e. the level of the firm and of the geographical region …. Our findings, based on the Fourth UK Community Innovation Survey (CIS), provide new insights regarding the relationship … between cooperative linkages for innovation and the development of technological capabilities by business units. Firstly, the …

-to-the-world innovation is inherently risky and therefore may increase the probability of firm death. However, many existing studies … fail to distinguish between innovation investments and innovation capital. Using an unbalanced panel of over 290 … innovation and survival and find that current innovation investments increase the probability of death while innovation capital …

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 …

The relationship between competition and innovation is difficult to disentangle, as exogenous variation in market …-induced innovation increase by the IG Farben successors, which then spilled over to the wider chemical industry. …

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 … and are more likely to display the inverted U relationship between competition and innovation. …

We study the evolution of patenting in China from 1985-2019. We use a Large Language Model to measure patent importance …