This paper addresses the relationships between innovation, research and development (R&D) and productivity in domestic … ICT firms in Costa Rica. Factors considered were the types of innovation outputs produced by domestic ICT firms, the … relative importance of innovation inputs, the impacts of innovation on firm productivity, the protection of innovations, and …

of production, which eventually reduces the firm's probability of conducting product innovation. The theoretical …This paper investigates how financial constraints affect a firm's decision on whether to conduct product innovation …. Theoretically, we show that a firm's optimal decision on product innovation is a function of its past decision, financial …

that influence innovation by firms and their subsequent growth. Using a dataset from a survey of nearly 4,000 firms in 24 … transition countries, we find evidence of the importance of a minimum of rivalry in both innovation and growth: the presence of … market power in product markets are utilised to undertake innovation …

link between innovation (as a channel linking productivity to exporting) and exporting. The analysis has been conducted on …

The impressive emergence of China’s economy is set to lose some momentum as the country catches up with more advanced … economies and its rapid ageing also weighs on it. However, China can still reap the “reform dividend”, especially with measures … can potentially bring about significant productivity gains. China has been lowering the burden on start-ups and …

Indian pharmaceutical industry from a mere importer and distributor of drugs and pharmaceuticals to an innovation-driven cost …

Indian pharmaceutical industry from a mere importer and distributor of drugs and pharmaceuticals to an innovation-driven cost …

This paper provides first empirical evidence of the joint effects that innovation strategies and human resource …-innovators and of firms pursuing relatively simple innovation strategies, centered around the acquisition of embodied technology. For …