affect firms' innovation strategy choices, concretely, whether to abstain from innovation, to introduce products that are … known in the market but new to the firm (imitation) or to introduce market novelties (innovation). Using a sample of 1253 … effectiveness is low or medium, both innovation and imitation are enhanced, whereas if it is high, only innovation is enhanced …

market competition. The amount of knowledge firms can absorb from other firms is made dependent on their own research efforts … positive effect on R&D efforts both under research joint venture and under research competition. Firms' propensity to … collaborate in R&D is increasing in R&D productivity. The key findings of the theoretical model are tested using German innovation …

their investments. Competition is, however, not localized within a market segment and the class of new or old models, i …

Environmental policies may have important consequences for firms' competitiveness or profitability. However, the … literature finds hardly any significant competitiveness effects on firms, least not during the first two phases of the scheme … limit the impact of the EU ETS. Finally, small but significant stimulating effects on innovation have been found so far …

We investigate how competition in product niches affects the ultimate timing of product release for experience goods … sales based on the variation in the level of competition in these particular niches over time. We show that release date of … motion pictures are more likely rescheduled when there is more competition during the initially proposed release week. Next …

This literature review analyses the impacts of the EU ETS on competitiveness focussing on existing simulation studies … relevant literature. We find, however, that effects of the scheme on competitiveness are modest, even given the business as … regulation methods ETSs can have positive competitiveness effects. However, the EU ETS is not designed to boost Europe’s economy …

We investigate how competition in product niches affects the ultimate timing of product release for experience goods … sales based on the variation in the level of competition in these particular niches over time. We show that release date of … motion pictures are more likely rescheduled when there is more competition during the initially proposed release week. Next …

We study competition in the German interurban bus industry two years after its liberalization in January 2013. In … of market power by incumbents – and derive several recommendations to secure effective competition in the industry. …