In recent years, it is not only a researcher, or a developer, who is important for technology innovation, but … innovation requires cooperation within the business microenvironment and supportive legal, political, economic, social or … is, how big is the difference in technological innovation/patenting between developed and developing countries of the EU …

We consider procurement of an innovation from heterogeneous sellers. Innovations are random but depend on unobservable … admission to an innovation contest. After the contest, an innovation is procured employing either a fixed prize or a first …

This paper analyses the relationship between productivity, innovation and research at firm level using an extension of …