The paper reviews the diffusion research approach to the analysis of innovations and its impact on innovation studies …. This social approach brought a new understanding of the innovation process by focusing on analysing the factors that … innovation studies (i.e. S-shaped curve rate of adoption and his categorisation of adopters) and science policy studies (i …

between small and medium-sized (SME) and large (LE) enterprises. Using data from the Mannheim Innovation Panel (MIP) 2015 …

between small and medium-sized (SME) and large (LE) enterprises. Using data from the Mannheim Innovation Panel (MIP) 2015 …

intellectual property right design. We derive conclusions in the simplest, one-time innovation, case then investigate how these … optimal procurement of innovation are considered. Finally, we sketch enforcement and competition policy issues. …

This paper analyzes the effect of an increase in patent scope on R&D and innovation. It presents a model where patent … duplication of R&D. The model predicts that an increase in patent scope can increase the probability of innovation if the … incumbent's pro t increase from innovation is large and the patented technology has a small advantage over the alternative …

competition on R&D according to the cost of the innovation. The effect of competition on R&D is an inverted U-shape. However, the … shape is flatter and competition policy is therefore less relevant for innovation when innovations are relatively costly …. Intuitively, if innovations are costly for a firm, competitive shocks have to be significant to alter its innovation decisions …

entrants. Focusing primarily on pharmaceutical innovation, we analyze various policy interventions to solve this … an underlying invention's social value, and we show how such a system could incentivize socially optimal innovation …

identify and quantify the impact of environmental regulations, innovation-inputs, firm-specific characteristics, spillovers … from other green innovators, public funding and innovation co-operations on the propensity of firms to introduce …

a different regulatory structure that encourages innovation that benefits legal clients …