The discussion paper summarizes the results of a workshop that focussed on the institutional foundations of innovation … and competitiveness in East Asia. The following papers are contained: 'Transitional Institutions, Institutional … in China's Business System', 'Recent Changes to Korea's Innovation Governance', 'Standardization and Institutional …

into account firm heterogeneity. We find support for the prediction that competition has a negative effect on innovation … are important channels for domestic firm innovation. We do not find support for the inverted U effect of competition on … and are more likely to display the inverted U relationship between competition and innovation. …

competition arising from trade reforms lead to increases in innovation? This paper attempts to examine the link between trade … Licandro (2009, 2010) as guide, a two-stage approach is tested where trade and innovation are linked via competition. A … liberalization has significant positive impact on innovation through competition.Given the crucial role of competition in the …

in resolving or channeling the major societal questions. More European competition between universities in education and … research would be helpful. Universities can contribute to recreating hope and optimism through more innovation in the economy. …

Wissensverarbeitung, das dem Wettbewerb wichtige gesellschaftspolitische Funktionen zuschreibt. In seinen späteren Schriften hat er … herausgearbeitet, wie wichtig der Wettbewerb ist, um moralische Widerstände gegen nötige Anpassungen an veränderte … knowledge, which ascribe important societal functions to competition. In his later works, he has elaborated his view that …

capacity to handle innovation projects internally and as competition increases, so does the payoff of an edge to competitors. …The central prediction of the Aghion et al. (2005) model is an inverted U-shaped relation between innovation and … competition. The model is built on the assumption of a product market and has not yet been empirically tested on service …

Epistemic arguments play a significant role in Hayek's defense of market liberalism. His claim that market competition … and cost competition but also competition by innovations. Thence he overlooks the ambiguity that follows from the …

analysis reveals that growth in innovation stocks via increasedR&D in specialized and science-based industries spurred … lacking such effects. Moreover, these specialized and science-basedindustries experienced strong innovation and productivity … growth by decreases in competition,thereby favoring Schumpeterian growth arguments for highly dynamic sectors. …

Germany has had an extremely low growth performance since 1995. The paper looks at the long-run reasons for this loss … whether Germany belongs to a new category of economies, the NDCs, the Newly Declining Countries. …

innovation-friendly environment, resulting in a low export ratio given the small size of the country and its long-time EU …