This study quantifies the impact of process and product innovation on employment growth in Bolivia by using microdata … from a survey on innovation conducted in Bolivia in 2016. Following the model of Harrison, Jaumandreu, Mairesse, and Peters … demonstrate that employment growth is explained by product innovation. On the other hand, we find no evidence of a displacement …

substitution effects or general innovation outcome measures, but we are interested in knowing where the policy effect is highest …: on innovation close to the market (i.e. incremental innovation) or on innovation that is still far from the market and … market failure is highest, that is, for radical innovation. Taking into account that the Swiss funding agency encourages …

We find a U-shaped relation between industry concentration and innovation. The relation is driven by neck …-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 …