Innovation is a polymorph, complex and multifaceted phenomenon. The changing context of Economic issues gives innovation a central role in the performance of Tunisian firms. In recent years, Tunisia's economy has become more complex and knowledge-based while recording remarkable performances...

This article by Jeffrey I. Bernstein of Carleton University and the NBER discusses the use of total factor productivity for price setting in regulated industries. He argues that the longterm, industry-wide productivity experience that is not subject to strategic manipulation by regulated firms...

The paper aims to contribute to the longstanding technology-push vs. demand-pull debate and to the literature on renewable energy diffusion and renewable energy policy assessment. We argue that in addition to the traditional push-pull dichotomy, the drivers of technological change must be...

French Abstract: En appuyant sur une analyse historique depuis la première prise en conscience de problème environnemental en Chine dans les années 1970 jusqu’à ce jour, cette étude montre que 1) la politique de la protection environnementale ne peut pas fonctionner quand elle est...

This the inaugural issue of the International Productivity Monitor, a new publication produced by the Ottawa-based Centre for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS). The objective of the Monitor is to focus atttention on the importance of productivity for improving living standards and quality of...

French Abstract: Les droits de propriété intellectuelle, dont les droits d’auteur, les marques de commerce, les secrets industriels et les brevets, jouent un rôle important dans les systèmes d’inno- vation. Même si de bonnes politiques et pratiques en matière de propriété intel-...

At the theoretical level, the establishment of a patent system has two objectives: to encourage firms to produce new knowledge and to disseminate information. However, economic practice has highlighted the dilemma between protection and dissemination. This paper discusses how to determine the...

By granting protection rights, the society provides an incentive for economic agents to invest more in research and development. The patent is also likely to encourage the production of innovations and ensure the dissemination of knowledge, which promotes economic growth. This work aims to...

This paper examines whether patenting increases the private incentives to innovate in manufacturing. In order to study this issue, we build a model in which the value of an innovation depends both on the type of innovation implemented (product, process) and on the existence or not of a patent...

Les normes techniques envahissent notre quotidien (automobile, téléphone portable, conservation des aliments) au point que leur omniprésence facilite leur invisibilité. S’il est certain que la construction de ces normes est très majoritairement internationale, il reste à savoir qui...