-and-neck industries where firms operate with similar productivity. When industry concentration is low, innovation intensity decreases as … innovation intensity to escape competition. The U-shaped relation is more pronounced in industries where firms compete in …We find a U-shaped relation between industry concentration and innovation. The relation is driven by neck …

We consider mergers in an innovation contest between n firms in the presence of synergetic effects. We assume that a … beneficial for the merging firms even if the efficiency gains of the merging firms are not substantial, and that merging reduces …

This paper aims to shed light on firm specific drivers that lead firms to internationalise their innovation activities …. The paper draws a comprehensive picture of driving forces by including firm capabilities, characteristics of the firm’s … competitive environment and the influence of innovation obstacles in the home country. In particular, the role of the potential …

distributed globally. Firms' innovation activities which are carried out abroad comprise either the localization of uniform … paper is to show how internal firm capabilities as well as external forces from the firm’s business and national innovation … has a limited influence or even hinders firms to internationalise their innovation activities. For the effect of the …

on a large data set of German firms covering the period 2002-2007. We look at different stages of the innovation process … activities abroad. By linking international innovation activities to firm growth in the home market we try to identify likely …This paper investigates the drivers and the effects of the internationalisation of innovation activities in SMEs based …

We study how profit taxation affects plants' R&D spending and innovation activities. Relying on geocoded survey panel …