The main goal of this paper is to assess the impact of product innovation on the economic performance of firms … dataset on Italian firms we estimate, by means of propensity scores matching methods, a positive and significant “innovation …. We also find that this innovation premium is particularly large for small firms and even more so when considering new …

innovation, demand structure, and concentration. …

fundamental determinants of the patterns of innovation, the demand structure plays a crucial role in preventing the emergence of …

fundamental determinants of the patterns of innovation, demand structure plays indeed a crucial role in preventing the emergence …

The analysis of innovation, industrial dynamics and the evolution of industries has witnessed major progress in several …

In this paper we present a model of the long term dynamics of market structure and innovation in the pharmaceutical … increase in technological opportunities have similar effects on the role of innovative firms, exploration and total quality … patent protection is not able to countervail the negative effects of no growth in demand as far as quality and exploratory …

, mainly on concentration and technical change and innovation. It has also shown that the consequences of policies may …