We present a multi-country theory of economic growth and R&D-driven technological progress in which countries are …. Knowledge diffusion through a Small World network produces an extraordinary diversity of country growth performances, including …

We present a multi-country theory of economic growth and R&D driven technological progress in which countries are …. Knowledge diffusion through a Small World network produces an extraordinary diversity of country growth performances, including …

In recent decades, economic growth in countries around the world has become increasingly dependent on the dynamism of …

In recent decades, economic growth in countries around the world has become increasingly dependent on the dynamism of …

results on the relation between patenting and innovation size are then confronted with survey data for small European firms … framework. -- filing fees ; imitation ; innovation ; probabilistic patent rights ; R&D ; simultaneous innovation ; trade secrets …

investment, Ireland scores high in international innovation scoreboards. Overall, policies to boost innovation and … entrepreneurship are on the right track, but investment in knowledge-based capital could be made a more dynamic source of growth and … jobs. While Ireland has made good progress towards building up its scientific capabilities, innovation capacity remains …

costs. Research therefore repeatedly stressed the positive relationship between collaborative R&D and innovation performance … terms of gains for innovation performance, but also show that collaboration has decreasing and even negative returns on … product innovation if its intensity increases above a certain threshold. In particular, costs start outweighing benefits if a …

The innovation and proprietary knowledge nowadays represent a basis for new competitive strategies of the companies. In … primarily focused on assessing the relationship between innovation and patent propensity of SMEs. More precisely, the … patents upon the SMEs innovation. In this context, the paper encompasses an analysis of several relevant factors such as: the …

innovation premium among large firms. A battery of tests shows that this innovation premium among small firms is explained by … that attribute higher returns to innovation to investor underreaction. We argue that an innovation premium exists among … small firms, but not large firms, because small innovators focus more on risky product innovation and rely more on …