frontier? This paper models agents growing as a result of investments in innovation and imitation. Imitation facilitates …

various dimensions of upgrading --- learning, quality upgrading, technology adoption, and product innovation. The second part …

the evaluations were done at the recipient (firm) level using data from innovation surveys, industrial surveys, and …&D intensity. In addition, participation in TDF induces a more proactive attitude of beneficiary firms towards innovation …

, vertical linkages with foreign firms, and international trade on several types of innovation by domestic firms. Using … and innovation and show that the supply chain of multinational enterprises and international trade are also important … channels. There is no evidence for an inverted U relationship between innovation and foreign competition. The relationship …

This chapter reviews the empirical economics literature on the impact of trade liberalization on firms' innovation … levels. In emerging countries, trade liberalization appears to spur productivity and innovation. In developed countries …, export opportunities and access to imported intermediates tend to encourage innovation, but the evidence on import …

's innovation surveys, and firms' patent, industrial design, and trademark filings with the Chilean IP office. We use these data to …-to-the-world product innovation, which suggests that branding may be an important mechanism to appropriate returns to innovation in a …

Canadian firms adjusts innovation activities, business strategies, and exit in response to large increases in Chinese imports … between 1999 and 2005. On average, process innovation declines more strongly than product innovation. In addition, initially …