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 protection. We obtain a three-equation model that links the values … of product and process innovations to the value of patent protection. This model and the feature of the data imply the …

Innovation is widely recognized as a key ingredient of productivity success. This article by Someshwar Rao, Ashfaq … positive relationship between measures of fundamental innovation, labour productivity and GDP per capita across OECD countries …. The authors paint a nuanced portrait of Canada's innovation performance. The existence of an innovation gap with the …

Political activism positively affects firm innovation. Firms that support more politicians, politicians on … innovation. The results are consistent with the hypothesis that political activism is valuable because it helps reduce political … uncertainty, which, in turn, fosters firm innovation. Also consistent with this hypothesis, we show that politically active firms …

The Working Paper analyses the performances of the Walloon innovation system in 2008. This analysis concentrates on the … six dimensions of the innovation system: knowledge development, human resources, R&D exploitation, innovation absorption … Walloon innovation system with the performances of innovation systems of other countries and regions in Europe. They were …

en matière de propriété intel- lectuelle ne peuvent pas à elles seules catalyser l’innovation, car d’autres facteurs sont … important role in innovation systems. While the right intellectual property policies and practices cannot, by themselves …, catalyze innovation – other factors are equally if not more important – the wrong policies and practices can impede it. The …

catalyst of environmental innovation. We apply this perspective to study the diffusion of renewable energy (RE) technologies in …

, tels que l’accroissement de la recherche et développement, la promotion de l’innovation, la baisse du poids de la fiscalité …