techniques might not be able to replace sound economic theory but they help separating the wheat from the chaff when it comes to …

This paper addresses the recent evolution of productivity and competitiveness in Catalonia and their links with the … innovation activity of firms. Firstly, it summarizes the evolution of productivity, competitiveness, firms' strategies and the … state of innovation. A slowdown in productivity growth and increasing revealed difficulties in some world markets are real …

This paper investigates the impact of technical progress on the relationship between competition an investment. Using a … model of oligopoly competition with di¤erentiated products where firms invest to reduce their marginal cost of production, I … competition that maximizes investment of the industry. This feature holds also for consumer surplus and Welfare. In the model …