We construct a tractable general equilibrium model of cumulative innovation and growth, in which new ideas strictly … the rate of innovation, as well as a separate optimal required inventive step that maximizes welfare, with the former …

The study of innovation and technological change is an increasing field of economic enquire because innovation can be … considered a major engine of growth. This paper is concerned with the determinants of innovation and technological change …

There is considerable debate regarding the use of intellectual property rights (IPR) to spur innovation in the software …

forward protection reduces the rate of innovation and imposing a nonobviousness requirement reduces R&D spending. It is shown … that full protection against imitation, granted independently of the size of the lead, maximizes the average innovation …

own innovation. The analysis predicts that the willingness to enforce IPR is U-shaped in a country GDP: small … enforcement of IPR yields a higher level of innovation and global welfare only if the developing country does not innovate. A …

analyzes a model of North-South trade and endogenous growth through innovation and imitation that can predict the observed … both the innovation in the North and the imitational lag of the South. Opening to trade increases the growth rate and …

world with two heterogeneous countries featuring different sizes and innovation capacities. Moving to an international …

As sustainable innovation becomes a strategy for companies to gain competitive advantage, the question of how to profit … from sustainable innovation becomes central. Surprisingly, little research exists on the appropriation strategies of … companies engaged in sustainable innovation and the few studies are poorly connected. This chapter focuses on intellectual …