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Il settore dei dispositivi medici in Italia
Bizzotto, Giulia; Cincotti, Felice; Codazzi, Vera; … - In: Rivista di Politica Economica (2014) 3, pp. 67-126
Products’ heterogeneity distinguishes the medical device sector, a fertile terrain for the development of several sciences and technologies that contributes to the complexity, but also enhances the output, of valuable research. Its industrial fabric is extensive: alongside a number of major...
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Medical Devices: Competitiveness and Impact on Public Health Expenditure
Magazzini, Laura; Pammolli, Fabio; Riccaboni, Massimo; … - CERM - Competitività, Regole, Mercati - 2005
the following aspects: a) the impact of innovation in medical devices on health costs and expenditure; b) the …
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Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Competitiveness - Agenda for Growth and Employment in Europe
Krubaski, Edward G. - In: CESifo Forum 6 (2005) 2, pp. 36-38
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Buyer Power and Innovation of Quality Products: Empirical Evidence from the German Food Sector.
Weiss, Christoph R.; Wittkopp, Antje - Institut für Ernährungswirtschaft und … - 2003
power affects food manufacturing firms incentives to invest in innovation of high quality food products. On the basis of a … Germany. Results of multinomial logit model show a moderate and negative impact of retailer market power on innovation of … seem to more effectively resist retailer market power in product innovation …
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Heterogeneous Consumers, Vertical Product Differentiation and the Rate of Innovation
Zweimueller, Josef; Brunner, Johann K. - Department of Economics and Finance Research and … - 1996
distribution of income is favourable for innovation incentives. This is consistent with empirical evidence suggesting that …
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Extending the Frontier: A Structural Model of Investment and Technological Competition in the Supercomputer Industry
Macieira, Joao - Department of Economics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute … - 2007
This paper proposes and estimates a dynamic structural model of innovation in the super- computer industry to evaluate … the dependence of technological innovation on market structure. The model has two key features. First, it allows for …, 2005), increased levels of competition are associated with a higher rates of innovation and increased welfare. However, the …
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On the Social Desirability of Patents for Sequential Innovations in a Vertically Differentiated Market
Lambertini, Luca; Tedeschi, Piero - In: Journal of Economics 90 (2007) 2, pp. 193-214
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On the Social Desirability of Patents for Sequential Innovations in a Vertically Differentiated Market
Lambertini, Luca; Tedeschi, Piero - Dipartimento di Statistica, Università degli Studi di … - 2006
We consider a market for vertically differentiated goods where firms enter over time, after having developed innovations characterised by different quality levels. We show that patent height and length interact to determine the ultimate emergence of duopoly. In general, imposing quality...
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Convergence in institutions and market outcomes: cross-country and time-series evidence from the business environment and enterprise performance surveys in transition economies
Mitra, Pradeep; Muravyev, Alexander; Schaffer, Mark E. - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2009
This paper uses firm-level data from the Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Surveys to study the process of convergence of transition countries with developed market economies. The study focuses on competition and market structure, finance and the structure of lending to firms, and...
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When does Innovation Matter for Exporting?
Blyde, Juan; Iberti, Gonzalo; Mussini, Micaela - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
A growing number of studies that look at the relationship between innovation and exports find that more innovation … tends to allow firms to export more. But very little is known about the heterogeneous impacts of innovation on exports …. Since innovation is not a costless activity, it is important to know the specific situations in which a firm most likely …
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