shumpeterian theory of innovation as an evolutionary theory of the firm ante litteram …

Innovation Surveys (CIS) for French industry, during 1992–2004. Our main findings are that innovative firms grow more than non …-innovative ones. The estimation techniques give results that are quite robust to the effects of different types of innovation on firm … growth. In particular, the quantile regression results show that the coefficient of innovation is higher for firms with the …

Arrangements to cooperate on innovation facilitate access to external sources of knowledge. Using panel data derived … from five waves of Community Innovation Survey in the Czech Republic, we examine whether firms engage in these arrangements … provide strong support to the thesis of persistence, particularly of linkages with the university sector and suppliers. The …

This paper contributes the analysis of the persistence of innovation activities, as measured by different innovation …&D investments in innovation persistence and analyses differentiated patterns of persistence across product and process innovation … of innovation persistence. The highest level of persistence is found for R&D-based innovation activities, witnessing the …

This paper analyses the persistency in innovation behaviour of firms. Using five waves of the Community Innovation … Transition Probability Matrix, we found evidence of (unconditional) state dependence in all types of innovation, with product …

individual heterogeneity in explaining the persistence of innovation. …This paper investigates whether firms innovate persistently or discontinuously over time using an innovation panel data … set on German manufacturing and service firms for the period 1994-2002. We find that innovation behaviour is permanent at …

returns by technology and cumulative patent value. While the returns earned by most patents dissipate rapidly, high valued … patents tend to receive significant returns through the latter part of the patent term. These high valued patents which … selectively renew the subset of high valued patents. …

In this paper we analyze how industrial property rights (IPRs), measured by patents granted, affect competition at the … industry level, and their induced effects on firms’ innovation incentives. We use for that purpose a panel dataset of Spanish … industry patenting intensity) reduces market competition, it may also encourage firms’ innovation incentives (in terms of firms …

Prizes are receiving increasing attention in policy and entrepreneurial communities as means to promote innovation, but … their distinguishing features remain inadequately understood. Models of patents treat winning a patent as winning a prize …

Policy and entrepreneurial communities are increasingly promoting innovation by using prizes but their distinguishing … features remain inadequately understood. Models of patents treat winning a patent as winning a prize; other models distinguish … patents using a model based first on whether the procuring party knows its needs and technology, its needs but not its …