We identify strong cross-border institutions as a driver for the globalization of in-novation. Using 67 million patents … from over 100 patent offices, we introduce novel measures of innovation diffusion and collaboration. Exploiting staggered … result in techno-logical convergence. The effects are particularly strong for process innovation, and for countries that are …

A closer look at innovation for and from emerging markets respectively developing economies reveals that a variety of … different terms and concepts related to this type of innovation exist. The goal of my conceptual paper is to present a … differentiate them. After a first investigation in relation to innovation for and from emerging markets the keywords "reverse …

Based on ß and o convergence analysis, we find a high persistence of innovation gaps for international innovation …