(PPCC) as a radical innovation and supercritical coal-fired power plants as an incremental innovation are compared. An ex … sector of large-scale power plants is that an innovation is more likely to succeed the more it follows established …

This paper examines empirically the relationship between innovation and market structure within a simultaneous … concentration. In contrast, competition enforces innovation, i.e. sales concentration has a negative impact on R&D. …

, but only for firms that engage in in-licensing and only for product innovation. The relationship between fragmentation and …

leadership. Apart from this strategic advantage we observe that foreign external sources of innovation are generally not superior …

higher innovative performance for firms that do not in-license. Furthermore, the effects of fragmentation on innovation also …

The paper develops an oligopoly model of innovation and applies it to data from the Mannheim Innovation Panel. The … complexity, etc. are important determinants of overall innovation expenditures, but not for R&D specifically. If legal protection … affect the innovation activity of the firm. Specification tests derived from the theoretical model do not lead to a rejection …

market (innovation). It turns out that spillovers from rivals lead to more imitation, while inputs from customers and … research institutions enhance original innovation. …