-best optimum collusion is socially optimal, but when the government cannot discriminate between innovation and imitation, it should …

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 …

empirical analysis, using an extensive firm-level data, suggests that the impact of business subsidies on employment growth … relate positively to the contemporary employment growth for both start-ups and incumbents. Furthermore, after subsidy … reception, the employment of both start-ups and older incumbents receiving employment or other subsidies grows more than that of …

the industrial actors they can encourage to pursue innovation, including deployment support, investment support for … these nations has not been sufficiently tied to innovation incentives, and R&D support has been comparatively weak. The …