then use the data to consider some key issues in dynamic competition and innovation. We look at the incidence and … distribution of patent races by technology, evidence for strategic delay of innovation by incumbent firms, and evidence that patent …

innovation is - i.e., whether it conforms most closely to the Paretian, log normal, or some other distribution. The question is …

Innovation and export decisions are closely interlinked. Both activities contribute to firm performance in various ways …: exporting provides a wider market to sell products, while innovation provides new and better products to supply those markets … and/or more efficient ways to reduce costs. The connection of innovation and exporting is of major interest to developing …

To encourage invention, society awards inventors exclusive rights through patents. Patent law trades off incentives to … appreciation of socially optimal patent law. Shifting the law in favor of patent owners, a policy to encourage innovation, seemed …

This paper looks at how digitalisation is transforming innovation, and the consequent need for innovation policies to … change innovation dynamics. Data have become a core input for innovation. Other changes include more opportunities for … versioning; an acceleration in innovation, more experimentation and collaboration; servitisation; and higher risk associated with …

impediment to corporate innovation. By contrast, without technological spillovers, innovation has the effect of stealing market … share from rivals; in that case, more common ownership reduces innovation. Empirically, the association between common … ownership and innovation inputs and outputs decreases with product market proximity and increases with technology proximity. The …

disaggregates "R" from "D" to study how US firms adjust their innovation investments in response to an external increase in funding …

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 …