pressure on Germany’s innovation leadership. The German innovation agency SPRIND was founded in 2019 and is a suitable … instrument to promote disruptive innovations. The SPRIND itself cites the American innovation agency DARPA, which has been …

Skilled labor is a key input to the innovation process. A shortage in supply of skilled labor may hence impede … innovation activities, resulting in lower productivity gains. While governments are concerned about these likely negative impacts …, there is only limited empirical evidence whether and to what extent labor shortage affects innovation activities. The paper …

from China impact U.S. innovation through the markets for innovation and existing products. We identify shocks to … innovation and existing product competition using the geography of Chinese internet penetration and Chinese import data … intellectual property and in existing products are associated with decreased U.S. firm innovation …

Political activism positively affects firm innovation. Firms that support more politicians, politicians on … innovation. The results are consistent with the hypothesis that political activism is valuable because it helps reduce political … uncertainty, which, in turn, fosters firm innovation. Also consistent with this hypothesis, we show that politically active firms …