-productivity firms in Switzerland. Innovation support sustains firms' R&D activities in both countries. Our structural growth model … identifies the impact of innovation, imitation and R&D costs on firms' R&D decisions. R&D costs gained importance in Switzerland … prioritize enhancing innovation and imitation success over cost reduction to boost productivity growth. …

-productivity firms in Switzerland. Innovation support sustains firms' R&D activities in both countries. Our structural growth model … identifies the impact of innovation, imitation and R&D costs on firms' R&D decisions. R&D costs gained importance in Switzerland … prioritize enhancing innovation and imitation success over cost reduction to boost productivity growth. …

We test whether intellectual property rights (IPRs) foster or hinder innovation by estimating IV structural equations …

We test whether intellectual property rights foster or hinder innovation by estimating IV structural equations for a …

applications as suggested by the literature. However, since patent applications reflect an intermediate innovation input rather …This paper analyzes the impact of technological diversity on innovation inputs and success using Swiss firm-level panel … data. While we do not find any impact of diversity on R&D intensity, we confirm a positive impact of diversity on patent …