The main objective of this empirical paper is to identify characteristics of imitation and innovation and shed light on … different types of innovating firms show that an innovation performance hierarchy exists ranking from occasional innovators …

destruction leading to the obsolescence of existing technologies. We quantify the innovation gains from collaborations, and show … economy. Our efficiency analysis further allows us to study the effect of competition on innovation in R&D intensive …

to integrate endogenous technological progress. Nevertheless, several complexities of innovation are still neglected even … modelling literature through a special lens. We discuss how existing models deal with different types of innovation (i ….e. product and process innovation) and how differences in innovation activities influence modelling results. We also emphasise …

structure on innovation and output, as well as addressing mixed empirical results in this area. Both the effective R&D and total …