Empirical research on the relationship between innovation and firm level productivity offers conflicting results. We … investigate the impact of innovation on labour productivity through the construction of a unique panel data-set that merges …

Mergers lead to larger firms and a less competitive market structure, but their effects on innovation are not clear …. Mergers may improve innovation incentives by promoting economies of scope and scale, R\&D activities, and increasing the … ability to deal with uncertainties. However, mergers may also discourage innovation by reducing competition, increasing costs …

The impact of innovation on mergers has been a subject of debate in merger enforcements. Firms may decide to merge … because of increasing market share and expanding capacity. However, mergers may also be motivated by innovation since they … provide resources for commercialization of innovation and allow for capturing knowledge spillovers. There are myriad studies …

This discussion paper reviews the literature on experiences with innovation under the existing emissions trading … schemes in the USA. The basic result from this review is that the innovation effects triggered by emissions trading have been … approaches that measure innovation behaviour appear to be at least as important for the understanding of the issue as those …