This paper addresses the relationships between innovation, research and development (R&D) and productivity in domestic … relative importance of innovation inputs, the impacts of innovation on firm productivity, the protection of innovations, and … retaining or increasing market share rather than increasing productivity. Half of firms do not formally protect the intellectual …

process innovation on productivity in the Chilean manufacturing industry during the past decade. In general, the evidence … suggests there is not a contemporaneous effect of product innovation on productivity, but there is a positive effect of process … results show the presence of lagged effects product innovation on productivity two years after innovation. Compared with the …

between R&D expenditures and productivity growth. The analysis considers the different contributions of various forms of R … Productivity (TFP). Thus, this paper answers the call for more research on the links between a firm's external R&D and its … productivity. In the cross-section econometric analysis, we estimate a Treatment Effects model based on the assumption that the …